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October 2023

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Federal Communications Commission

Date: 
Mon, 10/30/2023 - 09:30 to 15:00

The Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau, in conjunction with the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, will host an event focused on cybersecurity in alerting, risk management frameworks as well as the cost and benefits of implementing these in incident reporting for alerting.

9:30 AM CALL TO ORDER & WELCOME

  • Debra Jordan, Chief, PSHSB, FCC
  • Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairwoman, FCC

10:05 AM PANEL 1: THE NEED FOR CYBERSECURITY IN ALERTING


Broadband Choice

One of the most questionable facts circulating in the broadband industry is that a large percentage of homes in the country have multiple internet service provider (ISP) options. A recent U.S. News and World Report states that the FCC data shows that 94 percent of homes have a choice of three or more ISPs. I’ve seen similar statistics elsewhere, and it’s not hard to see that this information comes from the latest FCC mapping data. I’m not surprised to find that the FCC maps show that 94 percent of homes in the country have three or more ISPs claiming the ability to provide service.

How Are States Managing the Broadband Billions? Highlights from an Expert Panel

On September 29, the American Enterprise Institute hosted an expert panel to discuss states’ plans for managing the billions of dollars allotted to broadband expansion. The panel featured Duke University’s Michelle Connolly, North Carolina Department of Information Technology’s Nate Denny, ConnectLA’s Veneeth Iyengar, and Kansas Office of Broadband Development’s Jade Piros de Carvalho. Piros de Carvalho highlighted the need for solutions to the labor shortage that the deployment process will soon be facing, as well as the need for streamlined permitting processes.

Final Enhanced ACAM numbers are in: 683,000 locations off the board for BEAD

Small rural internet service providers (ISPs) had until the end of September to tell the Federal Communications Commission whether they wanted to participate in the Enhanced ACAM program. The E-ACAM program extends subsidies to these small providers through 2038, and in exchange the providers will serve all locations in their territory with 100/20 Mbps broadband, making most of them ineligible for the BEAD program.

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