COVID Exposes “Healthcare Gap”
Thursday, April 30, 2020
April 2020
Welcome back to the office. This ring will track your location and temperature. (Protocol)
Submitted by Jon Sallet on Thu, 04/30/2020 - 11:35Teachers Without Internet Work in Parking Lots, Empty School Buildings During COVID-19 (Education Week)
Submitted by Jon Sallet on Thu, 04/30/2020 - 11:35As schools go remote, so do tests and so does surveillance. Remote test-proctoring is creeping students out (Vox)
Submitted by Jon Sallet on Thu, 04/30/2020 - 11:35Op-ed
Op-ed
FCC Introduces New Official Seal
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a new seal. The redesigned seal is the product of an agency-wide contest that solicited proposals from FCC employees and contractors. The winning design was submitted by Umasankar Arumugam and selected by a vote of the agency’s employees and contractors. The revised design incorporates the following elements:
Daily Digest 4/30/2020
Submitted by benton on Thu, 04/30/2020 - 09:34Daily Digest 4/30/2020 (Phone and Internet Access for All)
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110,000 petition signatures tell Congress to ensure that internet and phone services are available to all during the pandemic
Comcast Tops Q1 Earnings Mark
Comcast said it beat earnings estimates for the first quarter of 2020, but missed on revenue, as the pandemic impacted the theme parks business and the theatrical division faced a tough comparison to year-ago hits. Highlights include: Total High-Speed Internet Customer Net Additions Were 477,000 (Not Including 32,000 Free Internet Essentials Customers), the Best Quarterly Result in 12 Years. High-speed internet revenue increased 9.3%, driven by an increase in the number of residential high-speed internet customers as well as an increase in average rates.