Broadband Breakfast

Expert Opinion

Christopher Mitchell: Former Sen. Heitkamp’s Attacks on Gigi Sohn for FCC are Wildly Off-Base

Former North Dakota senator sounds practical, but she is misreading quotes or taking them out of context.

Expert Opinion

Steve Truebner: Middle Mile Investment Essential to True Broadband Expansion

Increased focus on middle mile is necessary for access to effective connectivity.

Infrastructure

Digital Infrastructure Investment 2022: Join Our Pathbreaking Mini-Conference for Free This Year

Broadband Breakfast’s annual Digital Infrastructure Investment conference unites broadband officials with fund managers, institutional investors and private equity.

Expert Opinion

Joel Thayer and Shane Tews: Rural Broadband Requires Out-of-the-Box Thinking

Mobile broadband is largely ignored by federal connectivity efforts.

Expert Opinion

Noah Tulsky: Shared Infrastructure Can Make 5G Work For Cities

Cities should prioritize competitive processes to select an open access neutral host infrastructure provider.

Broadband Live

Broadband Breakfast for Lunch on June 8, 2022 — Preparing for Federal Broadband Funding with the Rural Utilities Service’s Christopher McLean

Join Acting Rural Utilities Service Administrator Chris McLean on June 8 at Broadband Breakfast for Lunch

Expert Opinion

John Harrington: The FCC’s Proposed E-Rate Bidding Portal Expands Federal Power, Not Local Decision Makers

This shift away from local autonomy for procurement would be the most radical change to the program since its inception.

Broadband Live

Broadband Breakfast on May 4, 2022 – The Future of the Smart Home, and the Future of the Smart Apartment Building

From the Broadband Communities Summit, this special Broadband Breakfast Live Online will dive into the smart home topic, including with apartment buildings.

Broadband Live

Broadband Breakfast on April 27, 2022 – New Wires on Old Poles: Will the FCC Change Rules for Attachments?

Learn how the Federal Communications Commission’s rulemaking on pole attachments could impact the broadband rollout

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021

Christopher Ali: How the U.S. Department of Agriculture is Quietly Reshaping Broadband Policy

In the 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Congress reversed USDA’s ReConnect criteria in three crucial ways.

Expert Opinion

Nilay Akdemir: How Telecom Companies Can Keep Pace with Digital Transformation

Up to 75 percent of operators will experience significant revenue decline in an “unlimited data world” if they don’t change.

Broadband Live

Broadband Breakfast on April 6, 2022 — Censorship by a Country, or Censorship by a Tech Platform?

How different is the Great Firewall of China (and now Russia) from being deplatformed by Big Tech?

Expert Opinion

Scott Heric: Robots Benefit Industrial Processes Most by Enhancing the Efforts of Humans

It is time to understand the impact robots have and the best route to using them to optimize labor practices.

Expert Opinion

Michael Jones: Maps and Data Analysis are the Keys to Effectively Targeting Broadband Subsidies

The key to states’ success on infrastructure builds lies in the analysis of the data they collect.

FCC

FCC and NTIA Chiefs Name Jessica Quinley, Douglas Brake and Timothy May to Advisory Committees

NTIA representatives to join FCC technology and security committees, FCC rep on spectrum committee

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021

Event: Building for Digital Equity – Demystifying Broadband Policy and Funding

ILSR and the National Digital Inclusion Alliance team up for two-hour livestream event on March 16 from 2-4 p.m. ET