Expert Opinion

Expert Opinion

Craig Settles: Hospital at Home Telehealth Can Drive Broadband Adoption

When it's a matter of life and death, it's all about wireless internet, says the author.

Expert Opinion

Kristian Stout: Internet for All Won’t Happen Without Real Pole Access Reform

The FCC should encourage solutions that help facilitate make-ready work when utilities are dragging their feet.

Expert Opinion

Kerry Haughan: Why State Leaders Need to Keep BEAD Funding Local

In the case of rural communities, monopolies are a particularly bad fit.

Expert Opinion

Bartlett Cleland: Only Conservatives Can Save the Affordable Connectivity Program

Even hardline conservatives should rally behind the ACP and the additional funding needed to keep the program alive.

Expert Opinion

Debra Berlyn: The ACP is Critical Aid for Low Income Older Adults

It is downright shocking that millions of low-income older adults will lose their broadband connection due to uncertainty of funding.

Expert Opinion

Prakash Sangam: Can IoT Devices Become Ticking Time Bombs?

Internet-of-Things devices may be making our infrastructure more vulnerable to national security threats.

Expert Opinion

Luke Hogg: The FCC is Behind the Times on Satellite Internet

John Deere, the most well-known agricultural company in America, recently inked a deal with Starlink for digital farming.

Expert Opinion

Craig Settles: Towns, Cities Show Power of Fixed Wireless

Fixed wireless technology is future proof in its own right, the author argues.

Expert Opinion

Eric Bathras: The Lesson from BTOP is De-risking Vendor Supply Chains

Broadband infrastructure projects need to exemplify innovation in management of procurement processes.

Expert Opinion

Emily Drabinski: Will Congress Keep Its Broadband Promise?

Or will it cut the cord for millions of Americans?

Expert Opinion

Carl Guardino: The Time is Now for 100% Broadband Access in the U.S.

The average cost to connect fiber in a given state hovers in the neighborhood of $7,000 per home.

Expert Opinion

Sean Gonsalves: New Municipal Broadband Networks Skyrocket in Post-Pandemic America

Since January 1, 2021, at least 47 new municipal networks have come online, with dozens more in planning or pre-construction.

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'.

Expert Opinion

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.

Expert Opinion

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.

Infrastructure

Chip Pickering: 'Broadband Ready City Checklist' a 5-Point Guide for Cities

The checklist covers fair and reasonable costs, timely permitting reviews, greater transparency and innovative deployment processes.