Daily Digest 1/17/2020 (The Decade in Broadband)
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The Decade in Broadband: 2020 Statistics & Predictions
A data-driven series examining the state of broadband deployment in the US throughout the 2010’s, as well as a look ahead to where and how advanced deployment technologies will affect our progress looking out to the next decade. From 2010 to 2020, Americans with access to broadband internet increased from an estimated 74.5 percent to 93.5 percent. ome states have seen greater improvement in broadband availability over the last ten years than others. Montana saw the greatest improvement, with broadband availability increasing from 11% to 86% between 2010 and 2020 – a 652% growth rate.
Racial inequality in Silicon Valley: Pinterest is among many tech companies struggling to become less white (USA Today)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 01/17/2020 - 06:45Reporters Battle New Restrictions In Trying To Cover Senate Impeachment Trial (National Public Radio)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 01/17/2020 - 06:44Google Reaches $1 Trillion in Value (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 01/17/2020 - 06:44Marketers and Ad Agencies Ask Google Not to Kill Cookies Too Soon (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 01/17/2020 - 06:43Massachusetts Pursues Its Own Route to Broadband Expansion
Conventional wisdom says a town with less than 200 people wouldn’t have the resources to establish and maintain high-speed Internet for its residents. But Mount Washington, located in Berkshire County (MA) contradicted such wisdom in Nov 2017 when it activated its municipal fiber broadband service. From one angle, the case of Mount Washington is a miracle.
WhatsApp Backs Off Controversial Plan to Sell Ads (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 01/16/2020 - 17:27Democratic candidates tout rural broadband infrastructure goals
The leading Democratic presidential candidates are all calling for major increases in spending for roads, bridges, rural broadband and other infrastructure needs, but they'll need large increases in tax revenue to pay for their plans. The Democrats' plans rely far less heavily than private investment than President Donald Trump would, as President Trump's 2018 budget proposed spending $200 billion “to spur at least $1.5 trillion in infrastructure investments with partners at the State, local, Tribal, and private level.” President Trump hasn't pursued the plan with Congress.