Google Fiber's Open Letter to State Broadband Leaders on Planning for BEAD and Future Deployment Efforts
October 2023
Daniel Lyons | Why Resurrect Net Neutrality? (American Enterprise Institute)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 10/04/2023 - 06:22U.S. Broadband Awards Finalists (US Broadband Summit)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 10/04/2023 - 06:215th Circuit Court of Appeals Limits Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's Contacts with Tech Companies (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 10/04/2023 - 06:21Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Prices (Wall Street Journal)
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Through a grant from the State of Maryland's Connected Devices Program, Baltimore City received 30,000 Chromebooks, Distributed them to Low-Income Households
Baltimore City will distribute 30,000 free Chromebooks to eligible Baltimore City households. The Chromebooks were secured through a grant from the State of Maryland’s Connected Devices program, which is overseen by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and assists counties and municipal governments in their digital equity and inclusion efforts.
New Net Neutrality Rules Could Threaten Popular Services
Net neutrality regulations have been dead for years, and they should stay that way. Unfortunately, the Federal Communications Commission has moved to reopen and re-litigate the issue. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has initiated a new rule-making that would enact what are largely the same net neutrality rules tried back in 2016. The law has changed and markets have changed, and yet the arguments for and against net neutrality have largely remained the same.
The FCC says net neutrality would be a boon for national security. Some disagree.
When Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel unveiled plans to restore net neutrality, she said reinstating the rule would “give the FCC and its national security partners the tools needed to defend our networks from potential security threats.” The rule—which gives the agency broad powers to regulate internet service as a utility, akin to water or electricity—hasn’t historically been invoked fo