Solving Baltimore’s digital divide requires all voices at the table
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will provide massive opportunities for local and state organizations across the country.
August 2022
#BTF’s Fall Regional Panel Discussions, a two-night signature event of the #BlackTechFutures Research Institute, offers attendees the opportunity to engage in thoughtful, provocative conversations about Black tech ecosystems and digital equity. Panel discussions will explore policies that amplify hyper-local concerns around digital equity, future jobs, telehealth, digital entrepreneurship, and cyber security.
#BTF’s Fall Regional Panel Discussions, a two-night signature event of the #BlackTechFutures Research Institute, offers attendees the opportunity to engage in thoughtful, provocative conversations about Black tech ecosystems and digital equity. Panel discussions will explore policies that amplify hyper-local concerns around digital equity, future jobs, telehealth, digital entrepreneurship, and cyber security.
On Tribal lands, broadband access continues to be an issue, leaving Native communities behind in our increasingly virtual world. In an effort to close this digital divide, the federal government is distributing funds to support broadband access to the millions of underserved locations in the U.S., but the partnerships to leverage these different programs is a puzzle.
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Corning building new factory in response to broadband internet boom
Corning will build a new manufacturing facility in Gilbert, Arizona, in response to a spike in demand for fiber-optic cable as the US government ramps up its $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) funding program. Corning said the investment is supported by customer commitments, including from "anchor customer" AT&T, which is also working with Corning on a fiber optic technician training program.
Goalposts moving on broadband competition
Most Americans can choose among several providers of home internet service, but that competition masks their much more limited options for true high-speed connections. Home internet connections became even more essential during the pandemic, but there's still disagreement about the extent of competition in the broadband market. "Competition" in the broadband space has two primary interpretations.
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Broadband is Key to Connecticut's Future
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Treasury Announces Five Additional Capital Projects Fund Awards to Increase Access to Affordable, High-Speed Internet
Connecticut, Indiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Arkansas won approval from the Department of the Treasury to use Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund allocations to support broadband infrastructure designed, upon project completion, to deliver reliable internet service that meets or exceeds symmetrical download and upload speeds of 100 megabits per second (Mbps), speeds that are needed for a household with multiple users to simultaneously access the intern
Daily Digest 8/30/2022 (State Broadband Plans)
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