Broadband Mapping and Data
Mapping and Data Experts Discuss Impact of New FCC Broadband Labels
The experts held split opinions regarding the impact of new consumer broadband labels mandated by the Federal Communications Commission.
Broadband Mapping and Data
The experts held split opinions regarding the impact of new consumer broadband labels mandated by the Federal Communications Commission.
People
Three new leaders at the Federal Communications Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs, Public Safety and Homeland Security and Media Bureau.
Digital Inclusion
The effort is aimed at raising awareness about federal internet subsidies among housing assistance recipients.
Digital Inclusion
Data reveal the program’s benefit is reaching the lowest income households
Open Access
Cities are being drawn to open-access deployment models, say panelists.
12 Days of Broadband
The program is helping low-income households afford internet access, but some experts warn that the fund will soon be depleted.
Community Broadband
The average probability of new entrants dropped when one of two ISPs is owned by the municipality, a paper claims.
Expert Opinion
Without access to a secure broadband connection, the co-author of this Expert Opinion would have died.
Congress
Muninetworks.org has put together a handy overview of broadband programs – current and pending.
Funding
Even though the models are not yet mainstream, some experts praise them for their unique advantages.
Fiber
Broadband Breakfast panelists wrestle with the challenge of financing broadband infrastructure projects.
Open Access
December 6, 2020 — Panelists involved in open access networks across the United States got into a fiery debate over the best model to follow when constructing an open access network. The exchange occurred during Thursday’s episode of Connect This!, a series sponsored by the Institute for Local Self-
Amazon is essentially a private government and most Americans doubt it can be regulated, The Atlantic reported on Monday. In a much-publicized hearing in late July, CEOs from four of the world’s biggest technology companies testified about their allegedly anticompetitive practices. Among them was Am
Ben Bawtree-Jobson
Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Monday, March 31, 12 Noon ET – “The Importance of Universal Broadband in the Age of the Coronavirus” Follow upcoming Live Online events, see Broadband Breakfast Live Online Will Stream Daily in March on ‘Broadband and the Coronavirus’ Guests for this event: Ben Baw
Spectrum
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced Monday that the FCC will hold a public auction of mid-band wireless spectrum to fuel the deployment of 5G. The agency plans to auction 280 MHz of the block of spectrum, Pai said, while preserving about 200 MHz that will continue to be use
Locally-run internet service providers offer better broadband than their private sector counterparts, according to a recent study by PCMag. The data shows that six of America’s ten fastest ISPs either involve some form of public-private partnership or were run directly by a local community. “Local n