Digital Beat | Benton Institute for Broadband & Society

Public Interest Voices for the Digital Age

Read unique perspectives on communications policy debates written by Benton and guest contributors.

Analysis

How Everyone On Navigates Change to Deliver Digital Equity

Chris Ritzo

January 23, 2025
Analysis

The Mercedes Library Exemplifies a Vital Effort to Promote Digital Independence

Shelli Golson-Mickens

January 22, 2025
Analysis

At the Denver Public Library, People Skills are the Most Important Quality When Choosing Digital Navigators

Shelli Golson-Mickens

January 21, 2025
Analysis

What We Know About the Human Infrastructure of Broadband

Revati Prasad

January 13, 2025
Op-ed

A Better Way to Fund USF

John Horrigan, Blair Levin

October 1, 2024
Analysis

Broadband Affordability is an Ongoing Challenge for Low-Income Households

John Horrigan

July 24, 2024
Analysis

How the End of the Affordable Connectivity Program is Hurting Low-Income Households and the U.S. Economy

John Horrigan

July 8, 2024
Speech

The Art of the Possible

Gigi Sohn

July 2, 2024
Speech

The Future of Affordable Broadband: Life after the Affordable Connectivity Program

Gigi Sohn

June 26, 2024
Benton Editorial

Digital Skills Foster Confidence in Life

Revati Prasad

April 8, 2024
Analysis

Updated ACP Enrollment Performance Tool Includes ACP Risk Score

John Horrigan

March 27, 2024
Analysis

The Affordable Connectivity Program Creates $16.2 Billion in Annual Benefits to Subscribers

John Horrigan

March 15, 2024
Speech

2024 Charles Benton Digital Equity Champions Awards

Adrianne Furniss

February 15, 2024
Op-ed

Ending the ACP will Limit the Internet’s Economic and Healthcare Benefits for Low-Income Households

John Horrigan, Blair Levin, Angela Siefer

January 25, 2024
Analysis

Deployment Alone Does Not Tell the Full Story of the Digital Divide

John Horrigan

December 20, 2023
Analysis

ACP Uptake is Strongest in Places Where It's Needed Most

John Horrigan

December 18, 2023
Speech

Three Challenges for 2024

Gigi Sohn

November 16, 2023
Speech

From Detours to Destinations

Gigi Sohn

November 7, 2023
Analysis

Gain and Sustain: The Affordable Connectivity Program is Getting More People Online

John Horrigan

November 1, 2023
Speech

Broadband, Social Justice, and the Future of Universal Connectivity

Gigi Sohn

October 17, 2023
Speech

Reflections on a Diverse Career in Communications Law and Policy

Gigi Sohn

September 25, 2023
Speech

2023 Charles Benton Broadband & Society Prize

Adrianne Furniss

September 22, 2023
Op-ed

Benton Institute Updates Affordable Connectivity Program Enrollment Performance Tool

John Horrigan, Brian Whitacre, Hernan Galperin

July 18, 2023
Analysis

The Affordable Connectivity Program and Rural America

John Horrigan

June 27, 2023

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