Infrastructure
Open Access Networks Key To Affordability Question, House Committee Hears
The House Energy and Commerce committee heard arguments that open access to networks is crucial for competition and affordability.
Broadband's Impact
What impact does high-speed internet have on people's lives?
Infrastructure
Surveying Broadband Issues Faced by Students Under COVID-19, CoSN Offers Its Recommendations
The speed of the broadband service used was only one component of the issues students faced.
Robocall
FCC Fines Company $4.1 Million for Slamming and Cramming Consumer Phone Lines
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday fined Tele Circuit Network Corporation for switching consumers’ service providers.
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast Live Online Wednesday, May 5, 2021 – Ask Us About the Emergency Broadband Benefit and Emergency Connectivity Fund
On May 5, 2021, ask us anything about the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit and Emergency Connectivity Fund at Broadband Breakfast Live Online.
Broadband's Impact
Mentorship Instrumental To Women Involvement in Telecom Industry
Experts advise mentorship and encouragement to get more women in the industry.
Expert Opinion
Gary Bolton: Satellite’s Polite Conceit of Unserved/Underserved
It remains to be seen if Starlink services will have a large-scale detrimental impact on rural service providers.
Infrastructure
Californians Adopting More Devices, As Smartphone-Only Connections Drop
April 5, 2021 – A new survey released late last month suggests Californians are adopting more devices as smartphone-only connections in the state continue to drop. The California Emerging Technology Fund, a non-profit foundation focused on digital equity in the state, and the University of Southern
Infrastructure
Vermont House Backs $150 Million Broadband Plan Creating New State Office
A bill dedicating $150 million of anticipated federal funding to create a new state broadband office to coordinate and accelerate the expansion of high-speed Internet access throughout Vermont passed the State House of Representatives last week with overwhelming bipartisan support. On March 24th, th
FCC
Panelists Debate Increasing Speed Threshold In New Bills
March 31, 2021 – With $100 billion set for some recently-introduced broadband infrastructure bills, Congress’s plan to increase the speed definition for broadband is causing a stir through the tech industry. There’s a lot of debate occurring on Capitol Hill right now regarding broadband deployment,
Broadband's Impact
Federal Communications Commission Can Promote Tech Entrepreneurship for Minority Communities
March 29, 2021 – The Federal Communications Commission represents the “exact platform” for women, minorities and other diverse populations to thrive in technology and entrepreneurship, said the agency’s vice chair of the advisory committee on diversity and digital empowerment. Heather Gate, the vice
Lifeline
Matthew Johnson: Digital Divide Solution is Right Here with Lifeline. Why is No One Paying Attention?
Over the past year, COVID-19 has upended lives and livelihoods and revealed the troubling breadth and scope of the digital divide. Despite the positive turn the pandemic is taking, millions remain unemployed and struggle to pay rent and put food on the table. They cannot afford basic broadband to ap
Infrastructure
Christopher Mitchell: Electric Grid Disaster in Texas Leads to Broadband Open Access Soul Searching
The disaster in Texas resulting from an electric grid that was deliberately left exposed and likely to fail in rare cold weather events has received a lot of dramatic coverage, as well it should given the loss of life and damage to so many homes and businesses. It also raised some questions in my mi
Energy and Commerce
House Commerce Committee Aligned on Telecom, Mapping and Supply Chain Security, Says Ranking Member
March 18, 2021 – House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, said Wednesday that the committee was among the most bipartisan on issues including telecom. Rodgers, who was speaking at the Internet Innovation Alliance with co-chair Bruce Mehlman, said that
Infrastructure
Broadband Breakfast Panelists Wrestle With the Speed Definition of High-Speed Broadband
March 18, 2021 – Should the Federal Communications Commission update its definition of high-speed broadband to account for overall faster connections? Industry experts at the Broadband Breakfast Live Wednesday event responded: “It’s complicated.” For BroadbandNow’s Tyler Cooper, the simple answer wa
Infrastructure
Report Finds Some Visible Minorities Left Out of Internet Access At Public Libraries
March 9, 2021 – The Open Technology Institute and New America’s Education Policy program released a new report this month on visible minority experiences at public libraries and how those institutions are combatting the digital divide during the pandemic. Over 2,600 people were surveyed on how they
Infrastructure
Broadband Breakfast Live Online Wednesday, March 31, 2021 – State Broadband Authorities
Panelists include broadband officers from Indiana, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland and Hawaii.
