December 2023
Mark Jamison | Competition—Not Net Neutrality Regulations—Should Determine the Future of Broadband (American Enterprise Institute)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 12/12/2023 - 06:17Prohibiting inflation-linked price rises (Ofcom)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 12/12/2023 - 06:16This report follows the journey of five rural counties in Illinois (Edgar, Hancock, McLean, Ogle, and Schuyler) that enrolled in the Broadband Breakthrough community engagement and broadband planning program and used the resources and open-source tools the program provides to pursue a better broa
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This white paper examines wireless technologies capable of providing broadband connectivity with an emphasis on rural farming communities.
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Small Kentucky Cable Company DUO Broadband to Shut Off Video (Policyband)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Mon, 12/11/2023 - 14:19FCC Denies Request to Extend Open Internet Comment Deadline (Federal Communications Commission)
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Department of the Treasury Announces Approval of Federal Funds to Improve Workforce Training, Education, and Health Monitoring in Washington, DC
The Department of the Treasury announced the approval of $22.5 million in federal funds for a multi-purpose community facility providing health care, education, and workforce services in Washington (DC) as a part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda. These federal resources will go towards the expansion of Whitman-Walker’s Max Robinson Center at the St.
US Debates Data Policy to Avoid a Fragmented Global Internet
The White House is racing to overcome internal differences and hash out a new policy over how the US and other governments should view the rapid rise of global data flows that are fueling everything from artificial intelligence to advanced manufacturing. In a series of sessions due to begin on December 13, 2023, President Joe Biden’s national security and economic teams will meet with companies, labor and human rights advocates, and other experts on the digital economy as part of a review launched last month, according to people directly involved.