What Is It That We Want?
July 2023
Speakers include former FCC Chairs Richard Wiley, William Kennard, Mignon Clyburn, and Ajit Pai. Former FCC Commissioners Deborah Taylor Tate and Jonathan Adelstein will moderate the panel discussion.
Topics will include universal broadband, 6G networks, artificial intelligence, Section 230, M&A policy, and minority media and telecom ownership.
Takes on funding, revenue diversification, fiber builds, digital equity, and more.
Op-ed
Op-ed
How AI will turbocharge misinformation—and what we can do about it
Attention-grabbing warnings of artificial intelligence's existential threats have eclipsed what many experts and researchers say is a much more imminent risk: A near-certain rise in misinformation. The struggle to separate fact from fiction online didn't start with the rise of generative AI — but the red-hot new technology promises to make misinformation more abundant and more compelling. By some estimates, AI-generated content
The Worsening Labor Supply Chain
I’m starting to see situations where a shortage of construction labor is causing problems for some broadband providers. The supply chain issues for materials have largely been solved but the supply chain for construction contractors is a worsening situation for many providers. To give an example, I know a broadband provider with a long history of building networks that recently went to bid for two projects that are being funded by local American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant funding.
How can we make the broadband funding go as far as possible?
How can we make the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program funding go as far as possible? The answer is that state grant plans need to be laser focused on how to generate competition and keep costs as low as possible. If we can do that, we stretch the BEAD dollars as far as possible. If we don’t, we run out of money. It’s really quite easy to construct this framework. We only need two pieces of data: the number of unserved and underserved locations, and what we pay to reach them.
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