Expert Opinion
Eric Fruits: Slouching Toward the End of the Affordable Connectivity Program
Despite bipartisan support for a bill to extend ACP, several powerful Republican members of Congress decry the program as 'wasteful'.
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Spectrum
Funding and Unified Standards Essential for Open RAN: Experts
Dish is planning to stand up an NTIA-funded testing facility in the next 6 months.
Cybersecurity
Industry Groups Urge Fixes to FCC's Cybersecurity Labeling at House Hearing
The Connectivity Standards Alliance suggested that the program remain voluntary and that the FCC not mandate label.
Funding
How States Are Using Money from the Capital Projects Fund
Over $9 billion of the program's $10 billion budget for the CPF has been allocated, director says.
USF
Consumers' Research Asks for Supreme Court Review of Eleventh Circuit USF Ruling
The group thinks the Fifth Circuit is poised to issue a conflicting decision.
Broadband's Impact
Rhode Island Invites Public Feedback on Digital Equity Plan
The state is gearing up to receive money from the NTIA's digital equity capacity grant program.
Broadband's Impact
FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program Shutdown Silent on Broadband Labels
What will happen to the agency’s rules that legally require ISPs to display broadband 'nutrition' labels that promote the ACP?
International
Drew Clark: Look to the Global South to Understand BEAD in America
What can the United States learn from broadband deployments in the Global South?
Spectrum
CES 2024: NTIA and House Commerce Weigh in on Spectrum Policy
Reinstating FCC auction authority is the 'number one priority' of the Energy and Commerce Committee Chair.
Ted Hearn: A Supreme Court Case About Fish Could Harpoon The FCC
Opponents of the Chevron Doctrine aver that judicial deference has gone too far.
Broadband's Impact
Provider Says FCC Should Freeze Affordable Connectivity Program Transfers
After February 7, the FCC is not going to require ISPs to accept ACP transfers.
Privacy
CES 2024: Industry Wants Federal Data Privacy Law
The current patchwork of state laws makes compliance difficult, said representatives from T-Mobile and Meta.
Bruce Kushnick: Look Overseas, America's Prices for Broadband are Out of Control
America's prices are 5–10 times higher than comparable data from other countries.
AI
CES 2024: Senators Talk Priorities on AI, Broadband Connectivity
Lawmakers called for guardrails on AI systems and more ACP funding.
Broadband's Impact
FCC Issues Timeline for ACP Wind Down
The FCC order came a day after bipartisan legislation was introduced to extend ACP.
CES2024
CES 2024: NTIA to Release Spectrum Strategy Implementation Plan in March
The plan will hand down start dates and timelines for the strategy's goals.
