Rural Broadband Author Touts Local Ownership of Networks
Christopher Ali wrote a book about the failures of rural broadband policies and leadership last year.

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Christopher Ali wrote a book about the failures of rural broadband policies and leadership last year.
WASHINGTON, November 15, 2022 – Local control of broadband is key to ending disparities in broadband access, argued Christopher Ali, author and pioneers chair of telecommunications at Penn State University, in a live-streamed lecture given Thursday.
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