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Aspen Institute Panelists Discuss Technology’s Role in Combatting Mental Illness
August 13, 2020 — As a result of 2020’s myriad challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, widespread economic instability and a societal reckoning with inequality, mental health issues are on the rise across various populations. This moment of heightened loneliness and mental health crises unders
FCC
New Broadband Deployment Report, Ohio Broadband Expansion Program, No Case For Breaking Up Big Tech
The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to begin gathering information for its 2021 Broadband Deployment Report. Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 charges the FCC with preparing an annual report to determine whether broadband internet services are being deployed on a reaso
Breakfast Media Minute
Breakfast Media Minute: August 13, 2020
FCC
Americans Skeptical About Tech, Funding For Broadband Maps, Court Classifies Uber and Lyft Drivers as Employees
Americans are skeptical that technological growth is an issue that will positively impact national policy, James Pethokoukis wrote in an American Enterprise Institute blog post on Tuesday. He argued that neither right-leaning nor left-leaning politicians and constituents are willing to embrace the r
FCC
Ninth Circuit Upholds FCC’s Small Cell Deployment Order Designed to Promote 5G
August 12, 2020 — The United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld major portions of the Federal Communications Commission’s attempts to speed up 5G deployments on existing infrastructure. The City of Portland v. Federal Communications Commission filing questioned the FCC’s One-Touch Ma
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Breakfast Media Minute: August 12, 2020
Telehealth
Telemedicine is Increasingly Important, But Comes With Challenges, Say Route Fifty Panelists
August 11, 2020 — Telemedicine is crucial for treating patients during the coronavirus pandemics, but carries limitations, agreed participants in two Route Fifty webinars on Tuesday. Dr. Judd Hollander, associate dean of strategic health initiatives at Thomas Jefferson University, said that there ar
Open Access
Open Access Infrastructure Important, But Difficult to Develop, Say Digital Infrastructure Investment Panelists
August 11, 2020 — Open access infrastructure is crucial, but it is difficult to raise the capital it requires, said participants in Broadband Breakfast’s Digital Infrastructure Investment conference on Monday. The panel on infrastructure investment funds featured a discussion about the challenges an
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 — Champions of Broadband: Don Means
Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 — Champions of Broadband: Don Means Our guest Don Means, Director, Gigabit Libraries Network, will speak about the role he has played as a grass-roots activist, a broadband consultant, and an advocate for the role that libraries play in c
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 — Champions of Broadband: Tom Hazlett
Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 — Champions of Broadband: Tom Hazlett Tom Hazlett, Professor of Economics at Clemson University Drew Clark, Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast WATCH HERE, or on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Thomas W. Hazlett holds the H.H. Maca
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast Live Online on August 12, 2020 — Champions of Broadband: Broadband Breakfast Reporters and Editors
Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 — Champions of Broadband: Broadband Breakfast Reporters and Editors Emily McPhie, Assistant Editor, Broadband Breakfast Jericho Casper, Reporter, Broadband Breakfast Elijah Labby, Reporter, Broadband Breakfast Drew Clark, Editor and Publi
Defense Department
Pentagon Gives Up Spectrum For 5G, Dish Buys Ting Mobile, Low Earth Orbit Satellite Developments
The White House announced a massive transfer of electromagnetic spectrum traditionally used for military operations to become available for commercial 5G use, reported Breaking Defense on Monday. The move is aimed at dramatically expanding 5G access for all Americans. The Federal Communications Comm
Christopher Mitchell
Ownership Models Are Evolving to Serve the Unserved, Say Panelists at Digital Infrastructure Investment
August 11, 2020 — As America prioritizes closing the digital divide, critical last-mile digital infrastructure ownership models are expanding and differentiating to serve the unserved. Different towns across America are in different situations in terms of the availability of existing digital infrast
Breakfast Media Minute
Breakfast Media Minute: August 11, 2020
Justice Department
Amazon Regulation Doubts, Uber CEO Suggests Gig Worker Benefits, Google Competitor Meets With Justice Department
Amazon is essentially a private government and most Americans doubt it can be regulated, The Atlantic reported on Monday. In a much-publicized hearing in late July, CEOs from four of the world’s biggest technology companies testified about their allegedly anticompetitive practices. Among them was Am
