January 2021

81,000 UK-owned .eu domains suspended as Brexit transition ends (ZDNet)

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WISPA Purchases Multifamily Broadband Council and Absorbed its Members (Wireless Internet Service Providers Association)

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Comcast data cap blasted by Massachusetts state lawmakers as it expands into 12 more states

Dozens of state lawmakers from Massachusetts urged Comcast to halt enforcement of its 1.2TB monthly data cap, saying the cap hurts low-income people during the pandemic and is unnecessary because of Comcast's healthy network capacity. The letter to Comcast Senior VP Mark Reilly, spearheaded by MA State Reps Andy Vargas and Dave Rogers, disputed Comcast's claim that a 1.2TB cap only affects a very small subset of customers it calls "super users." The lawmakers also wrote that "Massachusetts has experienced the largest relative increase of food-insecure individuals in the nation due to COVID-

FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington said it is uncertain if he could participate in any Section 230 proceeding

The office of Federal Communications Commissioner Nathan Simington said it is uncertain if he could participate in any Section 230 proceeding. Simington’s office said FCC ethics counsel advised “as there is no currently-pending Section 230 matter before the commission to be discussed with specificity, it could not comprehensively rule out potential recusal in the future. However, no grounds were identified for recusal on this topic at this time.”

Stuart Brotman op-ed: A Better Way to Close the Digital Divide (Inside Sources)

Submitted by benton on Tue, 01/05/2021 - 12:46

Creating (Finally) an Emergency Broadband Benefit

More than nine months after the national COVID-19 emergency was declared, Congress has directed the Federal Communications Commission to create an emergency broadband benefit, a monthly discount on broadband internet access service for low-income people. On January 4, the FCC released a Public Notice asking for comment on how to best implement this new program which Congress expects to be up and running in the next two months. Here's a look at what the FCC is asking.

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January 2021

81,000 UK-owned .eu domains suspended as Brexit transition ends (ZDNet)

WISPA Purchases Multifamily Broadband Council and Absorbed its Members (Wireless Internet Service Providers Association)

Comcast data cap blasted by Massachusetts state lawmakers as it expands into 12 more states

FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington said it is uncertain if he could participate in any Section 230 proceeding

Stuart Brotman op-ed: A Better Way to Close the Digital Divide (Inside Sources)

Creating (Finally) an Emergency Broadband Benefit

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Creating (Finally) an Emergency Broadband Benefit

The Year Ahead: 3 Predictions From the ‘Father of the Internet’ Vint Cerf (nextgov)

SHLB Coalition Announces New Board Directors, Officers (Schools Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition)