July 2021

The Need for Fiber Access Across Rural America

The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) released a new white paper, titled “Fiber Broadband can Eliminate the North American Rural Digital Divide.” The paper reveals that investment in fiber-optic infrastructure is the best sustainable solution to meet the rising demand for high-speed internet access in rural regions of the U.S. and Canada and can prevent them from falling behind in today’s competitive digital landscape. "Some assume second-tier broadband, with lower speed, lower reliability and higher latency, will suffice for the more rural areas of North America.

States Target Google Play Store Practices in Antitrust Suit

Three dozen states and the District of Columbia filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company operates an illegal monopoly with its Google Play app store. The bipartisan antitrust suit adds to the company’s mounting legal challenges. Led by the state of Utah and filed in the U.S.

States and Cities Scramble to Spend $350 Billion Windfall

The stimulus package that President Biden signed into law in March was intended to stabilize state and city finances drained by the coronavirus crisis, providing $350 billion to alleviate the pandemic’s effect, with few restrictions on how the money could be used. Three months after its passage, cash is starting to flow — $194 billion so far, according to the Treasury Department — and officials are devoting funds to a range of efforts, including keeping public service workers on the payroll, helping the fishing industry, improving broadband access and aiding the homeless. In conservative-le

FCC Denies Providers Petition to Get Emergency Broadband Benefit Support for a Service not Offered Dec 1, 2020 (Federal Communications Commission)

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Judge David Tatel’s lack of eyesight never defined him, but is woven into the culture of the influential DC appeals court (Washington Post)

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Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg’s Partnership Did Not Survive Trump (New York Times)

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Researchers find competition between cellular and Wi-Fi networks decreases performance (University of Chicago)

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Northern Arizona University scientist Vigil-Hayes is developing broadband solutions for tribal communities

Expanding broadband to tribal communities is not just a technical challenge, it’s a social and political one. Morgan Vigil-Hayes, a computer scientist at Northern Arizona University, has participated in several projects aimed at addressing the challenges of tribal connectivity since 2018. It is Vigil-Hayes' personal research passion dating back to her dissertation, and a topic that became even more pressing during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Governor Abbott Signs Bills Expanding High-Speed Internet Access in Texas

Governor Greg Abbott last week signed bills HB 5 and SB 507, along with several other broadband-related measures, to establish new approaches to expanding broadband access, adoption and use across Texas. Under current law, telecommunications utilities are able to access rights-of-way through the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).

Identification software issues bar many from unemployment benefits

The platform ID.me is run by a software company in Virginia, and it’s now a required part of more than 20 states’ unemployment programs. For many people, the ID.me process is simple: they use their smartphones to scan their faces and upload pictures of their government-issued identity cards. The images are checked by a facial recognition system. ID.me is meant to block scammers who are using fake or stolen identities to claim unemployment benefits, but the process is also cutting off an unknown number of people who don’t have the right technology or the right identification.

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