Fort Collins unveils new details about municipal broadband rollout
Fort Collins Connexion -- a public broadband service -- is on track to have its first broadband customer online by Sept.
July 2019
FCC proposes rules to modernize the Low Power FM Radio Service technical rules to provide more regulatory flexibility (Federal Communications Commission)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 07/31/2019 - 12:01Networks Sue to Stop Streaming Service Offering Free TV Feeds
The four major broadcast networks have filed a suit in federal court to shut down Locast, a nonprofit streaming service funded in part by AT&T and founded by a Dish Network lobbyist that offers their feeds to subscribers for no charge. CBS, Disney's ABC, Comcast’s NBCUniversal, and Fox argue that Locast is retransmitting the signals of their local TV stations without permission, in violation of copyright law.
Amazon provides marketing scripts to more than 200 police partners to sell its Ring home cameras (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 07/31/2019 - 11:48House Oversight Committee seeks documents on secret Customs and Border Protection Facebook groups that ridiculed migrants (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 07/31/2019 - 11:45ARA Urges Antitrust Investigations of Big Tech to Include Creators’ Concerns (Artist Rights Alliance)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 07/31/2019 - 11:44
State Broadband Policy Explorer
The Pew Charitable Trusts’ state broadband policy explorer lets you learn how states are expanding access to broadband through laws. Categories in the tool include: broadband programs, competition and regulation, definitions, funding and financing, and infrastructure access. As you choose categories, a 50-state map illustrates which states have adopted such laws, which includes state statutes related to broadband as of Jan. 1, 2019.
How States Support Broadband Projects
As high-speed, reliable internet access becomes increasingly important in modern life, state leaders are seeking ways to fund projects to expand this vital service. Although the mechanisms that states use are fairly consistent—grants and loans, among others—they have different approaches for distributing funds and encouraging investment. This brief explores the ways in which states support broadband deployment projects and what they aim to accomplish.
Public Knowledge Files Comments Urging FCC to Drop USF Cap Proposal
Universal service is the core principle of US telecommunications policy, and Congress has directed the Federal Communications Commission to ensure affordable advanced telecommunications capabilities are available to everyone. Members of Congress from across the political spectrum, the Administration, the FCC, and state and local lawmakers vigorously agree that bringing the benefits of high-speed broadband to all areas of the US is a moral and economic imperative.