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Roslyn Layton: Five Reasons Why Title II Net Neutrality Is No Longer Relevant In Tech Policy (Forbes)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 11/12/2020 - 15:11Op-Ed: New York Post Controversy Highlights The Need For Congressional Reform Of Section 230 (Forbes)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 10/21/2020 - 17:03Op-ed: If we don’t start addressing the persistent digital divide, gaps in educational attainment are going to intensify (Forbes)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 10/05/2020 - 16:21Op-ed: Is It Time For The Internet To Be A School-Managed Public Utility? (Forbes)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 18:52Roslyn Layton: House Hearing Highlights Four Years Of FCC Accomplishments (Forbes)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 15:49Op-Ed: Contact Tracing Apps Reinforce The Need For A Federal Data Privacy Standard (Forbes)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 09/10/2020 - 20:34Op-Ed -- T-Mobile US: The Sprint Merger So Far (Forbes)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 06/23/2020 - 18:08These Young Entrepreneurs Have A Plan To Bring The Internet To Detroit, The Least Connected City In America
So what if we treated the Internet like a public utility, as essential and ubiquitous as electricity or water, and piloted this in Detroit? A team of Forbes Under 30 alumni hacked at this problem; their idea: Connectivity For All, a three-step pilot program that would be a public-private partnership to create a quick-to-implement, self-sustaining system to bridge the digital divide. The team quickly realized that parts of their solution had already been figured out by local organizations — the biggest issue was funding. With that in mind, the team dreamed up of tech hubs — physical communi
Senate Hearing Provides Blueprint For Bridging The Digital Divide
Despite private-sector broadband investment exceeding $70 billion per year since 2013, the digital divide remains. Over 20 million households have access to, but are not connected via, a fixed broadband connection. This is a classic market failure. Without some government intervention, there will be an under-consumption of broadband. But what kind of intervention is called for?