AT&T will let you mix and match unlimited wireless plans
AT&T is giving wireless customers more flexibility by letting them pick a different unlimited plan for each line on their account.
September 2020
Keeping Students Linked in California
The Californian students who could benefit the most from the college- and career-focused approach of Linked Learning are the least likely to have the internet and devices needed to access it from home. Across the state, 1.8 million children live in homes without high-speed internet, and nearly 690,000 have no access to devices. Children of color are much more likely to be cut off from virtual learning: Nearly one-quarter of Black families in California and almost one-third each of California’s Latino and American Indian/Alaska Native families do not have high-speed internet access at home.
Trump vs. Biden: Comparing the Candidates’ Positions on Technology and Innovation
The report begins with an overview of each candidate’s general philosophy on technology, innovation, and trade policy, and then compares the candidates’ policy positions across 10 specific issue areas:
- Innovation and Research and Development (R&D)
- Internet and Digital Economy
- Broadband and Telecommunications
- Education and Skills
- Taxes
- Regulation
- Trade
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Life Sciences and Biotechnology
- Clean Energy Innovation
The candidates’ positions on broadband:
This workshop will provide case studies of successful deployments of wireless networks by anchor institutions. Presenters will provide specific guidance about how to navigate local laws, how to work with broadband providers, how to negotiate to obtain the best connectivity, and how to build in flexibility to prepare for the inevitable advances in wireless technology.
The interactive workshop lasts approximately 90 minutes.
Speakers
Panelists will discuss critical issues of the digital divide, the crisis in affordable broadband, and how profit-seeking telecom companies are shutting millions of Americans out of access to good jobs and reliable internet service.
USDA Launches Webpage to Announce Rural Broadband Projects Seeking Funds Under the Electric Program
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a webpage to notify the public when the USDA has received applications from rural electric cooperatives and utilities for loans and loan guarantees in which up to 10 percent of the funds will be used to deploy broadband service. The applications pertain to the Electric Infrastructure Loan and Loan Guarantee Program.