February 2022

Sponsor: 

Federal Communications Commission

Date: 
Wed, 02/23/2022 - 10:00 to 15:30

The agenda for the meeting will include a discussion of the proposed workstreams for the three Communications Equity and Diversity Council working groups (Innovation and Access, Digital Empowerment and Inclusion, and Diversity and Equity) during the two-year charter.



Weekly Digest

Bonds, Broadband Bonds

Benton Institute for Broadband & Society

Friday, February 4, 2022

Sponsor: 

Fiber Broadband Association

Date: 
Wed, 02/09/2022 - 10:00 to 10:30

In this Fiber for Breakfast, drawing on his new book "Farm Fresh Broadband: The Politics of Rural Connectivity," Dr. Christopher Ali will talk about past efforts to connect rural areas, including the Rural Electrification Administration and the FCC’s high cost funding programs. With policymakers in the process of drafting the rules for the largest public investment in telecommunications in the nation’s history, it is vital that the failures of the past are not repeated.

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