Digital Inclusion
Advocacy and Opposition in Digital Discrimination Reporting Mandates
Advocates propose merging digital discrimination reporting requirements with existing Broadband Data Collection.
Digital Inclusion
Advocates propose merging digital discrimination reporting requirements with existing Broadband Data Collection.
Digital Inclusion
The survey highlighted concerns of 81 percent of households with schoolchildren about potential loss of the ACP.
Digital Inclusion
A core component of Americans — about 20 percent — are not connected to the benefits of better broadband.
Broadband's Impact
The commission is set to vote Wednesday on its proposed rules, which industry groups have opposed.
FCC
Nearly $50 million will go to middle mile projects in four states.
Digital Inclusion
The USF needs to first be reformed for its own sustainability.
Broadband Mapping & Data
One trade group warns about providers leaving the program if data collection too onerous.
The US launches an effort to protect the open internet with 60 other countries.
Spectrum
The initiative would dedicate proceeds from future spectrum auctions.
Digital Inclusion
The grant will identify and fund rural and tribal community orgs.
Funding
The rules will give Capital Projects Fund applicants authority to decide what’s ‘affordable, reliable, and unserved.’
Digital Inclusion
Most Americans benefitting from federal spending on rural broadband are white non-Hispanic Americans, says NDIA.
Digital Inclusion
Libraries can do for telehealth what they did for broadband: Provide low-income folks with access to digital and healthcare literacy.
Education
Digital liaisons who speak multiple languages can help guide multilingual communities for the digital future.
5G Wireless
See “FCC Should Prioritize Affordability and Digital Literacy with Emergency Broadband Funds,” Broadband Breakfast, January 29, 2021 Our Broadband Breakfast Live Online events take place every Wednesday at 12 Noon ET. You can watch the January 27, 2021, event on this page. You can also PARTICIPATE i
Digital Inclusion
WASHINGTON, January 23, 2020 – The digital divide is a real division in the country, affects more than just rural areas and keeps Americans from crucial access to 21st Century skills, a diverse panel of digital inclusion experts said Thursday at an event here hosted by Next Century Cities. The digit