Blogs

Weekly Digest

FCC Perpetrates Broadband Policy by Press Release

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Round-Up for the Week of February 2 - 9, 2018

Kevin Taglang
    Taglang  

Weekly Digest

Did Some Consensus Break Out at a House Broadband Hearing?

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Round-Up for the Week of January 29 - February 2, 2018

Op-ed

A Winning Strategy for Superfast Broadband

Testimony of Joanne S. Hovis

President, CTC Technology & Energy

before the

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce

Subcommittee on Communications and Technology

“Closing the Digital Divide: Broadband Infrastructure Solutions”

January 30, 2018

(as prepared for delivery)

 

January 22-26, 2018
Weekly Digest

Is this FCC Advisory Committee Steamrolling Cities to Help ISPs?

 

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Round-Up for the Week of January 22-26, 2018

Robbie McBeath
       McBeath

Op-ed

Broadband Price Diversity: Good for Adoption?

Why do Internet service providers (ISPs) merchandise numerous broadband plans and target different consumer groups? Can there be too many or too few options? Broadband offerings might eventually become too complex, varying in down- and up-load speeds, contract duration, price structure, technology, and the bundling of services.

Op-ed

Next Generation Broadband for Western North Carolina

Blair Levin

Regional Broadband Roundtable

Asheville, North Carolina

January 22, 2018

(as prepared for delivery)

Many thanks and Happy New Year.

I don’t want to argue with the title of the most famous book ever written by a regional native son but I am happy to prove you can go home again.

January 15-19, 2018
Weekly Digest

Year One: Trump vs The Free Press

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Round-Up for the Week of January 15-19, 2018

Analysis

Innovators in Digital Inclusion: Connecting for Good

Broadband access and adoption are essential for full participation in our society, for education, for public health, and for public safety. But nagging gaps in broadband adoption exist in too many U.S. communities. In Digital Inclusion and Meaningful Broadband Adoption Initiatives, Dr. Colin Rhinesmith explores successful, local efforts to help low-income individuals and families overcome the barriers to broadband adoption. Dr.

January 8-12, 2018
Weekly Digest

Year One of the Trump FCC

Robbie McBeath
McBeath

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Round-Up for the Week of January 8-12, 2018