The National Broadband Plan at 10: What’s Next?
Thursday, March 19, 2020
March 2020
Bookstores close, scramble to stay afloat amid coronavirus concerns (Los Angeles Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 06:39Here are 8 ways you can stop the spread of coronavirus misinformation. (USA Today)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 06:38Doctors urge patients to replace in-person visits with apps (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 06:38Some federal workers can’t telework. Here are tips for what they can do. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 06:37Op-ed
Op-ed
How fiber feeds AT&T, CenturyLink and Verizon
Compared to some of the new-fangled technologies, fiber is old-school, but it's the connective tissue for most of the new services and applications. Whether it's fiber-to-the-premise or home, long-haul fiber, metro fiber rings, fiber to a cell tower or small cell, the world's networks increasingly rely on fiber. "Fiber leads all of the businesses that we have," said CenturyLink's Ed Morche, president of strategic enterprise and government markets.
Small Cable Operators Beef Up Broadband to Battle Coronavirus
Small cable operators are answering the call to provide wider access to broadband services as the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt lives across the country, offering free service to low-income qualifying homes and beefing up speeds to account for increased traffic as residents increasingly work from home. While larger companies like Comcast, Charter, Altice USA and others have grabbed headlines with their broadband offerings during the crisis, small cable is stepping up to the plate too, including Mediacom Communications, Shenandoah Telecommunications (Shentel) and TDS Telecom.
How broadband inequality complicates COVID-19 school closures in rural areas
To help illustrate some of the stark realities of what rural Americans are experiencing in the wake of this monumental health crisis, Center on Rural Innovation’s Mapping and Data Analytics team has created an interactive broadband map to better visualize and understand broadband availability across America’s school districts. The maps consider broadband to be internet service that: