How Fixed-Wireless Technologies Compare to Fiber
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June 2022
Ajit Pai | 988: A New Chapter in America’s Fight Against Suicide (American Enterprise Institute)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 06/24/2022 - 06:24Weekly Digest
Weekly Digest
Online Privacy Bill Clears Early Hurdle in House (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 20:23Digitally Connected Community Guide
The University of Missouri (UM) System's Digitally Connected Community Guide is a collection of tools and resources that communities can use to become digitally connected. Communities that are digitally connected have access to affordable, reliable high-speed internet service and use internet-based technologies and applications to improve the health, education, and economic opportunities for everyone in the community. The Guide uses a five-step plan, informed by an online workshop, to bring high-speed internet to unserved Missouri communities.
How Governors Are Advancing Workforce Innovation, Broadband Access and Digital Equity
Governors are taking steps to advance workforce innovation, broadband access and digital skills in America’s workforce.
Broadband administration jobs abound across US
The flood of funding coming down from the federal government to address the digital divide is spurring a range of broadband administrative hires in federal and state offices. At the federal level, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told a Senate committee in February 2022 that the department expected to make at least 100 new hires for broadband alone and to have one staffer at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) assigned to each state.
The interests of a significant minority are neglected as everyday tasks are done via smartphones and tablets
On the eve of this week’s rail strikes, it was reported that industry bosses are planning to phase out paper train tickets and shut almost 1,000 station ticket offices in England. The government says nothing has been decided. But the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has made no secret of his desire to see savings delivered in this way; some stations, Mr Shapps likes to point out, sell only a handful of tickets each week and the vast majority of transactions have moved online.
AT&T: fixed wireless is a stopgap tool but fiber is the main focus
When asked where AT&T intends to increase its fixed wireless access (FWA) buildout in response to pressures from competitors T-Mobile and Verizon, McElfresh said that the company continues to see FWA as a stopgap measure that AT&T will use in areas where it doesn’t plan to deploy fiber.
NTIA Begins Accepting Applications for Middle Mile Infrastructure Program
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has begun accepting applications to the Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program and has issued 88 pages of guidance for network operators requesting funding. The program, which was created in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), has a budget of $1 billion. The applications portal is ready to accept applications just over a month after NTIA issued a notice of funding opportunity detailing rules for the program.