Expert Opinion

Expert Opinion

Tim Stelzig: Explaining BEAD, Broadband Abundance?

The aspects of the program that have been criticized most widely have nothing to do with Democrats’ preference for process over results.

Commerce

Randy May: If the President Can Fire FCC Commissioners, Should the Agency Be Restructured?

In a world in which commissioners may be dismissed at the will of a president, the notion of agency independence, as conventionally understood, no longer holds.

Expert Opinion

Roslyn Layton: Congress Re-Introduces Bill to End Big Tech's Free Ride on Broadband

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., and a bipartisan group of Senators on Wednesday reintroduced Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act.

Expert Opinion

PNT Resilience, Not Rhetoric: A National Security Vulnerability We Can Fix Together

NextNav already holds extensive spectrum licenses in the Lower 900 MHz band.

Expert Opinion

Advancing Full Fiber Investment in Europe: Financing the Path to Universal Connectivity

It is essential to reinforce fiber as strategic infrastructure.

ITU

Building Better Broadband: Why LEO Satellites and Hybrid Solutions Work Best Together

Barely 19% of residents in underdeveloped regions have internet access.

Expert Opinion

Broadband Opens Opportunities for Older Adults… Including to Scams!

If it seems too good to be true, it most likely is!

Defense Department

Chris Scharrer: Why Would SpaceX Need $20B from BEAD?

$3.5B can buy 6.4 million Starlink residential installations. Starlink is a practical short-term stopgap before fiber.

Expert Opinion

Unleashing American Innovation Through Strategic Deregulation

One critical opportunity lies in the modernization and reallocation of government-held spectrum.

Expert Opinion

Edge AI Is Coming: Is Your Tribal or Small ISP Ready to Lead the Charge?

AI is only a tool for those who can access it.

Expert Opinion

Unlocking Potential: How Technology and Skills-Based Training Can Transform Reentry

Technology empowers incarcerated individuals with access to vocational training

SpaceX

Starlink and DOGE: The $42 Billion Conflict of Interest in Rural Broadband

This combination casts doubt on the government's ability to be truly 'technology neutral'.

SpaceX

Tom Reid: Common-Sense Solutions to Closing the Digital Divide in Rural America

The BEAD investment offers great hope to rural America where we have been stuck in the digital divide since the beginning of the Internet age.

Expert Opinion

Jessica Dine: So You Want BEAD to Be Tech Neutral?

BEAD should use all technologies, but not all technologies are equal.

COVID

ACP Funding is Still a Good Idea, Even for the Current GOP

But don’t get your hopes up.

Expert Opinion

States Approach Readiness for the Broadband Rollout, But Federal Nod is Elusive

No BEAD final proposals have been posted since late 2024, but many are due over the next few months.