Sens. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Reps. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, and Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., along with 140 colleagues in both the House and Senate, urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to work directly with the Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human
china
April 29, 2020—China’s response to the novel coronavirus will exact irreparable damage to the Chinese Communist Party’s power, according to Minxin Pei, professor of government and fellow of Claremont McKenna College. Pei spoke at a webinar hosted by Center for Strategic and International Studies on
Digital Inclusion
April 29, 2020— Members of the Federal Communication Commission’s working group on digital empowerment and inclusion highlighted the role that libraries can play in closing the so-called “homework gap” on a webinar hosted by the agency on Tuesday. The homework gap, a term often used by fiery FCC Com
Broadband Breakfast
Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, 12 Noon ET – “Measuring and Monitoring the Health of Broadband Networks During the Coronavirus, Including a Discussion of Bandwidth Caps” (Please note: Rescheduled from May 6, 2020.) WATCH HERE, or on YouTube. Also available on Twitter and
Open Access
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2020 – Breakfast Media LLC, the publisher of Broadband Breakfast, on Tuesday announced that its Digital Infrastructure Investment mini-conference at the Broadband Communities Summit will be a Physical/Virtual event. Visit Broadband Breakfast’s event page for the most up-to-date
Verizon Communications, AT&T, Comcast and Cox sere among the broadband providers that said on Monday that they had extended their commitment not to cancel service or charge late fees to customers who have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic through June 30. In mid-March, the Federal Communicat
Alan Butler
Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 12 Noon ET – “Will the Coronavirus Lead to a Loss of Privacy? Weighing Contract Tracing and Broadband Surveillance” Follow upcoming Live Online events, see Broadband Breakfast Live Online Will Stream Every Wednesday at 12 Noon ET on ‘Broa
Tribal Broadband
The webinar painted a grim picture of the state of broadband in rural and Tribal life
House of Representatives
April 23, 2020— Congress is “unwilling and unable, but mostly unwilling” to attempt remote voting, said Daniel Schuman, the policy director of Demand Progress, at a webinar hosted by the Cato Institute on Thursday. With congressmen spread across the country practicing social distancing, the answer t
Broadband Data
April 23, 2020 – CenturyLink’s chief technology officer said on Wednesday that while “parts of the network infrastructure ran hot” during the weeks-long COVID-19 quarantine, his company’s networks “handled it really well.” “I wouldn’t say we were too surprised,” said Andrew Dugan, the chief technolo
Broadband's Impact
April 22, 2020 – With artificial intelligence coming up more and more frequently in every area of everyday life—from transportation, grocery shopping to Alexa and Siri— it might be natural assume that the technology would be helpful in addressing the coronavirus. “That at least so far hasn’t turned
Health
April 22, 2020— Executives in major federal agencies such as the Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency and Small Business Administration provided updates on the economies and coronavirus grant programs for rural
Broadband Breakfast
Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 12 Noon ET – “Will the Techlash Be Livestreamed: How Are Big Tech Companies Navigating the Obstacles of the Coronavirus?” Follow upcoming Live Online events, see Broadband Breakfast Live Online Will Stream Every Wednesday at 12 Noon ET on
Privacy
April 20, 2020— When a Zoom user had his question read out during the “Ask Eric Anything” webinar on Wednesday, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan listened intently. “Will Zoom be adding more emojis to its social features anytime soon?” the user asked. Yuan disappointed the user immediately. “We’re not going to all
Broadband's Impact
April 20, 2020— U.S. government websites have handled the coronavirus strain with varying degrees of success – depending on which panelist from Wednesday’s Information Technology and Innovation Fund webinar you asked. ITIF recently published a report on the amount of government websites that have cr
In an online speech Friday by Federal Communications Chairman Ajit Pai before the Interamerican Development Bank and The International Institute Of Communications Online Workshop, Pai encapsulated his thoughts on ”Regulation in Times of Pandemics: Lessons for the Future.” Below is an edited version
