Digital Inclusion
Experts Spar Over Consumers Need For Internet Speeds
Panelists split on whether gigabit broadband was essential or overhyped.
Digital Inclusion
The effort to ensure that all communities have access to high-speed internet and receive digital skills education. Despite years of federal, state, and local investments, millions of Americans still lack broadband access due to geographic challenges, low population density, and high infrastructure costs.
Digital Inclusion
New York Reaches Deal with Securus to End Prison Phone Fees
Joins five other states in covering the cost of phone calls from prison.
Digital Inclusion
Groups Challenge FCC's Bureau-Level Order Suspending Prison Phone Rate Cap
The groups argue that the bureau's order delaying compliance to 2027 violates federal law.
Digital Inclusion
New Jersey Lawmakers Urge Restoration of Digital Equity Funding
Call for reversal of Trump-era cuts as 22-state lawsuit challenges legal basis
Digital Inclusion
Consulting Firm Creates Digital Opportunity Index Measuring ISPs
Group hopes index will supplement ESG for evaluating ISPs.
Mobile
CPUC Raises Concerns Over Verizon’s Rollback of DEI Programs
Verizon has until July 30 to respond to assertions it may be violating California law
Digital Inclusion
NYC Mayor Announces Program to Deliver Free and Low-Cost Wi-Fi to Low-Income Residents
‘Liberty Link’ will serve 2,200 households across 35 affordable housing buildings
Donald Trump
Honoree Declines FCC Accessibility Award
‘An act of resistance.’
Tasha Boerner
California’s Affordable Broadband Bill Dead for 2025
State lawmaker points finger at the Trump administration.
Digital Inclusion
Diversity Groups Back Verizon’s Request for Uniform Unlocking
Verizon gains an ally.
Digital Inclusion
USDA Cuts Race and Gender Criteria From Rural Development Programs
Follows March rollback of equity scoring in broadband grants.
Digital Inclusion
FCC Flooded with Comments Over Delay in Prison Phone Rate Caps
Hundreds of copy-paste comments urge FCC to fully implement the Martha Wright-Reed Act.
Digital Inclusion
Harris County, Texas Establishes Broadband Task Force
County Commissioners unanimously voted after being presented with county-wide strategy to expand Internet
Digital Inclusion
FCC Keeps Lifeline Voice and Data Benefits Steady Through 2026
Bureau keeps voice-only subsidies alive for one more year
Digital Inclusion
FCC Delays Prison Phone Rate Caps Until 2027
Commissioner Gomez said the agency had chosen 'to ignore both the law and the will of Congress' and that it is 'stalling'
Digital Inclusion
Joint Resolution Reversing FCC’s Wi-Fi Hotspots Rule Faces Uncertain Future
House version appears to have stalled out
