A Q&A with FCC Commissioner O'Rielly, Discussing the C-Band Spectrum Debate
A Q&A with Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O'Rielly.
August 2019
Perspective: How President Trump got under the media’s thin skin (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 08/27/2019 - 17:07The Summit will bring together leaders from government, business, and higher education to explore trends in technology and to stimulate discussions about technology-related needs in industry and education.
Guest of Honor
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker
Chairman, Senate Commerce Committee
Keynote Speaker
David Cohen
Senior Executive Vice President, Comcast Corporation
Guest Speaker
Ajit Pai
Chairman, United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Obituaries help keep local newspapers afloat (Axios)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 08/27/2019 - 16:53IBEW -- Internet for all in New York City: The case for municipal broadband in the five boroughs (Daily News)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 08/27/2019 - 16:52A Harvard freshman says he was denied entry to the U.S. over social media posts made by his friends (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 08/27/2019 - 13:42
Elizabeth Warren: Here’s how we get broadband Internet to rural America
Internet service providers (ISPs) have been able to get away with fostering pseudo-monopolies because they spend a lot of money to keep the regulatory environment and the conversation surrounding it murky. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, a former Verizon lawyer, has been an effective agent for ISPs. He led the charge to dismantle net neutrality in 2018, and he has done everything in his power to stop municipalities from building their own broadband infrastructure.
OTI Highlights Broad Opposition to FCC’s Dangerous Proposal to Cap the Universal Service Fund
New America’s Open Technology Institute filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission urging it to reject its proposal to impose restrictions on funding for programs that help low-income consumers, schools and libraries, health care providers, and rural telecommunications providers. OTI submitted the reply comments to illustrate the broad range of initial comments that, similar to OTI's initial comments, oppose the FCC’s plan to implement a spending cap for all four Universal Service Fund (USF) programs.