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March 2022

Lifeline Program – Consumer Advocate Toolkit

The purpose of this toolkit is to provide consumer advocates with resources to help educate consumers about the Lifeline program and how to apply. To encourage and assist consumer outreach, USAC has created resources in this toolkit that organizations can use instead of creating outreach from scratch. Consumer advocacy groups, social service agencies, and other organizations that support low-income consumers are welcome to print and distribute any or all of the toolkit’s resources in their communities.

Gov Whitmer & Lt. Gov Gilchrist Announce Planning Project to Connect Michiganders to High-Speed Internet

Gov Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) and Lt Gov Garlin Gilchrist II (D-MI) announced that the state of Michigan has partnered with Connected Nation Michigan to lead the Broadband Infrastructure Audit and Validation project over the next six months. The Michigan Strategic Fund approved up to $5.2 million from federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) funds to Connected Nation Michigan for the Broadband Infrast

FCC Commits Nearly $64 Million in Emergency Connectivity Funding

The Federal Communications Commission announced that it is committing $63,613,404.33 in the 11th wave of Emergency Connectivity Fund program support, helping to close the Homework Gap. Since its June 2021 launch, the program has committed nearly $4.69 billion in funding connecting over 12.5 million students with broadband connections and equipment. This latest round of funding is supporting schools and libraries across the country, including providing connected devices and broadband connections for students in central Maine, Puerto Rico, Alaska, California, and South Carolina.

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CENIC

Date: 
Wed, 03/30/2022 - 10:30

What is the state-of-the-art in cable broadband Internet? Is cable broadband as capacious, reliable, secure, sustainable, and scalable as other fiber-based solutions? Panelists will provide insights into the industry’s 10G platform initiative to deliver multigigabit symmetrical capacity, lower latencies, enhanced reliability, and improved security.


Comcast Increases Internet Speeds For Most Customers From Maine Through Virginia

Comcast announced that it has increased speeds for its most popular Xfinity Internet tiers, providing an extra boost for millions of residential customers across 14 northeastern states from Maine through Virginia and Washington (DC).

Broadcasters Blame Big Tech for Diversity Deficits

Broadcasters are pushing back hard on the Federal Communications Commission’s potential restoration of the mandate that broadcasters file data on the diversity of their workforces and that the data be available to the public, including by blaming Big Tech for some of broadcasting's diversity recruiting problems. The annual collection of Form 395-B data on workforce composition (race and gender) has been in limbo for two decades.

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