Chips
White House to Spend $6.4 Billion on Samsung to Create Texas Chip Manufacturing Hub
The new venture is expected to produce more than 21,000 new jobs.
RDOF
FCC Hits Pause On Bank Ratings Firm After Hearing Concerns, Complaints
For one year, FCC won't use Weiss ratings for banks' letters of credit of RDOF, CAF II winners.
Broadband's Impact
Connect20 Summit: Building Trust with Communities is Key to Adoption
Digital navigators spoke about their work at the Connect20 Summit in Washington.
Expert Opinion
Jay Anderson: Is Texas the New Home for Robust Internet Access?
Cost of doing business is driving companies into markets with favorable tax rates and fewer regulations. Here’s how they’re prioritizing.
Free Speech
Experts Reflect on Supreme Court Decision to Block Texas Social Media Bill
Observers on a Broadband Breakfast panel offered differing perspectives on the high court’s decision.
Broadband Mapping & Data
State Broadband Directors Have a Lot to Offer Each Other, Broadband Communities Hears
One of the most helpful things a state broadband director can do for themselves is pick up the phone.
FCC Axes China Unicom, Tucows Has New Software Business, Texas County Broadband Initiative
The FCC on Thursday revoked the operating authorization of China Unicom, in latest effort to weed out national security threats.
Free Speech
Former GOP Congressman and UK MP Highlight Dangers of Disinformation and Urge Regulation
Will Hurd and Member of Parliament Damien Collins say disinformation on social media platforms a worry in midterm elections.
States
Congress Should Give States More Authority Over Broadband Priorities, Experts Say
Experts suggest states and municipalities should have more leeway with federal broadband funds.
Education
Students Should Be Able To Choose Online Learning When In-Person Classes Resume: Principal
March 23, 2021 – Assistant principal William Jeffery has noticed a trend. In an interview with Broadband Breakfast on Monday, the assistant principal at Columbia High School in the Columbia-Brazoria Independent School District in Texas said some of his students don’t do well with virtual learning, w
Education
Texas Education Commissioner Says State Has Closed Digital Divide Through Access to Computers
February 23, 2021 – Texas education commissioner Mike Morath declared in January that the state “basically completely closed” the digital divide in students’ access to take-home computers. This was largely due to the massive state and local purchases amid the pandemic. Texas’ public school districts
Privacy
Former Estonian President Says U.S. Needs a Secure Digital ID Card to Computerize Government Processes
November 23, 2020 – Americans need to have secure and unique digital identity documents if the county has a hope to compete with other world powers like China, said Toomas Ilves, former president of Estonia. Ilves was speaking at a German Marshall Fund event on Friday what asked on what subject he t
Open Access
Registration Available for Digital Infrastructure Investment at Broadband Communities Summit on April 27, 2020
Editor’s Note, April 14, 2020 – Please note that the Broadband Communities Conference has been rescheduled for August 10-13, 2020, in Houston. See “Broadband Communities and Rural Telecommunications Congress Announce Postponed Summit on August 10-13, 2020.” The Digital Infrastructure Investment even
Digital Inclusion
Digital Literacy Legend and Rural Telecommunications Congress Board Member Gene Crick Dies
Gene Crick, a longtime broadband evangelist, died of a heart attack at home in Bastrop, Texas, on August 15. Gene spent more than four decades advocating for broadband in the United States and around the world. He set up the first free public internet facilities in Texas, designed grant programs for
broadband mapping
Connected Texas Previews New Mapping Utility
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2010 – Connected Texas, a subsidiary of the national group Connected Nation, held a web conference today to give a demonstration of its new broadband mapping technology. The conference was hosted by Connected Texas Staff Member Wes Kerr, who walked the audience through the demon
Broadband Updates
Senators Grill FCC Chief Over National Broadband Plan
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2010 – The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission defended his agency and its National Broadband Plan while facing the business end of a double-barreled, bipartisan shotgun of criticism on Wednesday.
