September 2022
National Rural Health Association partners with Equum Medical to provide underserved rural communities with telehealth resources (mHealth Intelligence)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 09/13/2022 - 14:44BEAD Program Frequently Asked Questions and Answers Draft Version 2.0 (National Telecommunications and Information Administration)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 09/13/2022 - 14:44A free webinar on the Affordable Connectivity Program for rural and tribal lands. The presentation will feature speakers Olivia Wein, staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center; Derik Goatson, legal advisor in the Office of Native Affairs Policy at the Federal Communications Commission; and a speaker from the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC).
The webinar will cover:
This session will address the current broadband supply chain challenges and key mitigation strategies to help speed deployment.
Evaluating studies of the cost to serve all Americans with broadband
The Federal Communications Commission estimates it will take between $397 billion and $478 billion to reach all underserved locations. It’s worth remembering there are only two numbers at play: the number of locations that don’t have access to 100/20 broadband service, and the average cost to bring fiber-to-the-home service to those locations. I estimated 23.1 million un- and underserved locations. The FCC study estimated 45.5 million, or 32% of all United States housing units. The second part of the equation is the cost to serve the average unserved or underserved location.
How state-level subsidies might refill cable's broadband subscriber tank
With US cable broadband subscriber growth remaining flat or going negative, operators are hard-pressed to find a remedy that will rekindle growth in a service category now considered central to the overall business.