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Expert Opinion

Samantha Schartman: AI Will Widen the Digital Divide — Cross-Sector Co-Investment Could Provide a Bridge

We need new ways to fund programs, and the Alt Funding Field Guide makes the case that digital inclusion creates economic value

Expert Opinion

Mitch Carrel: Dark Fiber's 3 Barriers of Land Use, Engineering, and Sales

Dark fiber's economics are compelling in the AI era, but projects stall because operators treat land use, engineering, and sales as sequential hurdles rather than tackling all three at once.

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Michelle Yin: America is Fighting About the Wrong End of the Wire

The real broadband fight isn't over data centers but over whether $21 billion in leftover BEAD savings goes toward helping people actually use the networks being built.

Expert Opinion

Mariam Sorond: America Has No GPS Backups. Fixing That Should Be About Engineering, Not Politics

A telecom executive urges Congress not to block FCC review of a spectrum proposal meant to give America a backup to GPS.

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Arthur Sidney: When Intermediaries Become Participants

AI's shift from hosting content to actively shaping it means the real legal challenge isn't Section 230's survival but how to classify these systems at all, since that classification determines who's accountable when they fail.

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Bhavin Gandecha: Broadband Programs Are Deciding the U.S. Technology Race

A broadband program can be on track and still be strategically wrong.

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Reed Hundt: An Artificial Intelligence-Focused Telecom Act

Congress will likely pass AI and data center legislation, but recent Supreme Court rulings threaten the bipartisan agency structure needed to implement it well.

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Gino Corleto: Beyond the Handshake, Upgrading Enterprise Security Standards

Old Wi-Fi encryption lets attackers guess passwords offline. WPA3, the new wireless security standard, shuts that path down.

LEO

Tom Ferree: The Connection is Coming. The Question is Whether We’re Ready.

From education to healthcare, the ripple effects on our economy and daily lives will be monumental. But there’s a catch.

NATE

Todd Schlekeway: Broadband's Biggest Obstacle Is the Permit Counter

A Minnesota block lost its fiber over a $90,000 permit bill. The FCC can fix that.

Expert Opinion

Evan Swarztrauber: Congress Needs to Step In on Broadband Expansion

Aggressive FCC enforcement and congressional action is necessary to establish a uniform national standard on pole-attachment cost-sharing and timelines, the author writes.

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Steven Weber: When Competitors Create Better Competition

Rivals AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon are teaming up on a shared satellite network, a model of infrastructure collaboration that could boost connectivity and U.S. competitiveness.

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Dave Wechsler: The Case Against Defunding Terrestrial Broadband

Satellite has brought availability to remote regions. But availability is not infrastructure.

Expert Opinion

George Tronsrue: America’s Arctic Blind Spot

The CEO of Quintillion, the Alaska-based fiber network provider, warns against U.S. reliance on foreign Arctic infrastructure

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Javier Palomarez: Washington Can't Ask for More Broadband Investment While Making Growth Harder

Expanding federal merger reporting requirements risk deterring the private investment needed to build out broadband infrastructure and close the digital divide.