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Improved broadband maps to deliver more connectivity
The Federal Communications Commission will unveil the first draft of new, dramatically improved national broadband availability maps.
American Consumer Institute: Congress must move quickly to extend ACP funding (Hill, The)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 10/24/2022 - 16:46As America approaches ‘internet for all,’ deep caution for ‘middle mile’ detour
In 2021, Congress and the administration agreed upon a bipartisan approach to bridging differences in digital investment and delivery. But now, even before a single dollar of the bill’s rural broadband deployment funding has gone out the door, governors in both red and blue states are rushing to pour tax dollars into an entirely different strategy they hope will solve the same problem, and a new Senate bill proposes to potentially spend billions more replicating these state initiatives nationwide. Even for Washington, DC, this bipartisan rush to ramp funding for “middle mile” networks is a
There’s too much fiber in our broadband diet
We’ve all been told to put more fiber in our diets. But we also know what happens with too much fiber in your diet. It isn’t pretty. The same is true for broadband policy. As US policymakers at every level of government look to spend tens of billions of dollars to connect Americans to high-speed internet, aka broadband, they are far too focused on using a single technology to get the job done: fiber optic cable.
The collaboration that’s connecting the unconnected
When I launched Broadcom in the early 1990s with the goal of revolutionizing digital connectivity, it was necessary to work closely with governments around the world, starting with cable set-top boxes.
Americans for Tax Reform Op-Ed | The FCC is working just fine without Gigi Sohn (Hill, The)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Fri, 09/16/2022 - 12:12Who benefits from America’s enormously complex broadband infrastructure plans?
The US broadband effort is massive and complex. Much of this confusing intricacy is unavoidable given the Federal structure, size and complexity of the United States and the fact that almost everything in education, health care, farming, transportation, defense, employment, shopping, entertainment, civic affairs, the arts, regulation, banking and much more may now involve broadband.
Protecting students from exposure to harmful online content
Over the past two years, school districts have sent kids home with laptops and tablets in unprecedented numbers. Thousands of these devices and the internet connections that power them have been purchased through two federal subsidy programs overseen by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) known as E-Rate and the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF). Giving students these devices has led to a dramatic increase in screen time and made it more difficult for parents to protect their children from exposure to objectively harmful online content.