Leaked Copy of Trump Administration’s Infrastructure Plan Shows Few...
WASHINGTON, January 22, 2018 – A leaked document purporting to be an outline of the Trump Administration’s forthcoming infrastructure plan makes few provisions for broadband or other digital...
View ArticlePew Charitable Trusts Announces New Broadband Research Effort
WASHINGTON, June 11, 2018 – The Pew Charitable Trusts recently announced a new broadband research effort amid concerns that government’s past data collection methods are not enough to inform policy...
View ArticleBroadbandUSA Webinar on Statewide Strategies Highlighted Role of Community...
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2018 - In rural America, data-driven tools and libraries are heading efforts to expand broadband access, according to broadband policy experts. On July 18, BroadbandUSA hosted a...
View ArticleNTIA’s Request for Comments on Broadband Data Spurs Concerns About FCC’s Form...
WASHINGTON, August 7, 2018 – Many in the broadband industry commenting on broadband availability data exposed the weaknesses of current Federal Communications Commission data – and not only in the data...
View ArticleTen Years After the Beginning of Broadband Data Collection Efforts, M-Lab...
WASHINGTON, August 8, 2018 – Experts in broadband data analysis on Tuesday criticized internet service providers for overstating coverage in federal broadband data collection efforts, and for resisting...
View ArticleFCC’s Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee Holds Second Meeting With...
WASHINGTON, July 21, 2017 – Speaking at a meeting of the agency’s newly-form Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee, Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O’Rielly put forward his view that...
View ArticleTrump Administration Trial Balloon About Nationalizing 5G Broadband Networks...
Editor's Note: Updated January 30, 2018, at 8:44 a.m. with statement from the National Security Council. WASHINGTON, January 29, 2018 – The Trump administration has made no decisions regarding a...
View ArticleTrump Administrations Unveils Details of Infrastructure Incentives, Including...
WASHINGTON, February 12, 2018 – President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled details of his plan to spur $1.5 trillion in new investment to revitalize the nation’s crumbling infrastructure with a...
View ArticleBlair Levin’s Scathing Takedown of FCC’s Ajit Pai, Broadband Deployment...
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: We were present at the Broadband Communities Summit at which Blair Levin gave these remarks; thanks to the Coalition for Local Internet Choice for providing the complete...
View ArticleFCC Chairman Attempts to Assuage Local Government Anger Against the Broadband...
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2018 – In advance of the Federal Communications Commission’s open meeting on Thursday, agency Chairman Ajit Pai announced a local government representative as the new vice chair of...
View ArticleFor Robust Broadband in the 5G Era, More Local Control May Be Required
PITTSBURGH, July 30, 2018 - Many broadband experts speaking at the Next Century Cities regional summit here said last week that city jurisdiction should take precedence over federal rules in ensuring...
View ArticleWhile Google and Verizon Favor ‘One Touch Make Ready,’ Comcast and AT&T Want...
WASHINGTON, August 2, 2018 - Google Fiber and Verizon split with AT&T and Comcast over the so-called “One-Touch Make-Ready” policy, with the former claiming that the need for faster deployment...
View ArticleFCC Passes ‘One Touch Make Ready,’ Designed to Speed Broadband Deployment, on...
WASHINGTON, August 2, 2018 – The Federal Communications Commission voted to pass the new, so-called “One Touch Make Ready” policy, a measure designed to accelerate pole attachment processes for new...
View ArticleDrew Clark: How Abraham Lincoln’s Belief in Equal Opportunity Animated a...
Editor's Note: Around the time of Presidents' Day eight years ago, I wrote this piece about the connection between Abraham Lincoln's passion for infrastructure improvements and his belief in equal...
View ArticleThe Internet Wonk’s Guide to the Trump Administration’s New American...
February 13, 2019 - The Trump Administration on Wednesday highlighted the importance of enhancing broadband internet service for America, particularly in rural areas, as it promoted a variety of...
View ArticleLivestream of Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing on LIFT America Act at 10...
On Wednesday, the House Energy and Commerce will conduct a hearing on H.R. 2741, or Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act. Introduced by committee Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., the...
View ArticleMultiple Pieces of Broadband Legislation Moving Forward in Congress, on Data,...
WASHINGTON, June 19, 2019 – At least a half-dozen separate pieces of broadband legislation are working their way through Congress, and panelists assembled by the Schools, Health, and Libraries...
View ArticleDrew Clark: Broadband Maps Are a Mess, So Now Let’s Focus on Actually...
The Founder of Broadband Census and Breakfast Breakfast, and the former executive director of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois - one of the State Broadband Initiatives that actually created the...
View ArticlePress Release: Blair Levin Joins Brookings as a Nonresident Senior Fellow
WASHINGTON, October 6, 2014 —Blair Levin, telecommunications expert and former Communications & Society Fellow at the Aspen Institute, has joined the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy...
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Hearkening Back to Civil Rights Era, Wheeler Discusses Role of Universal...
WASHINGTON, October 10, 2014 – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said Tuesday that access to high-speed broadband is crucial to civic and economic participation in our society, his...
View ArticleCalifornia Emerging Technology Fund Helps Bridge the State’s Digital Divide
WASHINGTON, November 19, 2014 – Although some believe that the digital divide is not a problem, there are Americans who have not adopted broadband due to the cost or lack of access. Some states have...
View ArticleWhite House Supports Growing National Movement of Local Leaders for Gigabit...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbol8oMNggs WASHINGTON, January 14, 2015 - The White House on Tuesday announced efforts to end laws that harm broadband competition, several steps to support a growing...
View ArticleFive Years After ‘Think Big With a Gig,’ Google Fiber No Longer The Only...
February 3, 2015 - In announcing last week that it was expanding Google Fiber to four new metropolitan areas in the Southeastern United States, the search engine giant-turned-internet service provider...
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Financing Public-Private Fiber Networks Becoming a Reality, Say Experts at...
Editor's Note: This is one of several wrap-up articles about the 2015 Broadband Communities Summit earlier this month in Austin, Texas. For the complete list of articles from the summit, visit...
View ArticleWashington Telecom Insiders Focusing on New ‘Broadband Moment’ Through...
June 8, 2015 - Some are calling it a second "broadband moment." More than six years after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was responsible for more than $7 billion in federal funds being...
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Scott DeGarmo, President and CEO of Broadband Communities, Dies on Saturday
August 17, 2015 - Broadband Communities announced that Scott DeGarmo, President and CEO of Broadband Communities, the publisher of Broadband Communities Magazine and the organizer of the Broadband...
View ArticleWhite House Announces September 21 Date for Release of Broadband Report
Editor's Note: The White House announced that it would be releasing a report from its Broadband Opportunity Council on Monday, September 21. Read more about the council. Coming Soon: Building on Our...
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Former Architect of National Broadband Plan Says That Every City Needs a...
September 14, 2015 - Every city should create a city-wide broadband plan of its own, said the former director of the National Broadband Plan, in wide-ranging speech touting four strategies useful for...
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Community Broadband Center Leaders to Gather in Silicon Valley for AnchorNETS...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, November 10, 2015 - Local broadband institutions seeking to leverage high-speed connectivity for the benefit of their broader communities will benefit from attending the...
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An Open Letter to Donald Trump From Adrianne Furniss of Benton Foundation...
EVANSTON, Illinois, January 30, 2017 - Benton Foundation CEO Adrianne Furniss on Monday sent the following letter to to President Donald Trump and leaders both in Congress and at the Federal...
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Pai Announces Broadband Advisory...
WASHINGTON, January 31, 2017 - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Tuesday announced the formation of a new federal advisory committee that would seek to accelerate deployment of...
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Despite Trump Pledge, Congress and FCC Don’t Appear to Have Appetite for...
WASHINGTON, March 8, 2017 - Despite high hopes that President Trump’s campaign promise for a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill would lead to additional investment in high-speed internet access, it...
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Twists in the Broadband Mapping Saga, Plus the Need for Good Data Now, at...
DALLAS, April 18, 2017 - Over the past ten years, broadband mapping has gone through many changes. In the beginning, the Federal Communications Commission collected data about high-speed internet...
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Riverside County Introduces Broadband Initiative for Area the Size of New Jersey
RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, April 19, 2017 - At 7,200 square miles, this Southern California county is nearly the size of New Jersey. On April 3, the county put out a "Request for Participants" in an...
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California Broadband Politics Concerning Building Conduits in State...
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: By taking this action, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has likely avoided the fate of a bill that would require the agency to add conduit to...
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Now Coming in Broadband Infrastructure: The Battle Over Pole Attachments and...
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: One of the most interesting questions in broadband infrastructure today centers around dry legalities like "dig once" and "one touch." This conflict in Louisville shows...
View ArticleSanders, Warren and Buttigieg: Democratic Presidential Candidates With a...
Amy Klobuchar also focused on broadband mapping and rural connectivity; Joe Biden wants grants to expand access for underserved communities WASHINGTON, October 2, 2019 - Lack of access to high-speed...
View ArticleAuthors of the 2010 National Broadband Plan Say That a ‘Refresh’ Should Not...
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2020 – Panelists at the INCOMPAS policy summit Tuesday looked back with fondness on the Federal Communication Commission’s National Broadband Plan that was released 10 years ago...
View ArticleNational Broadband Plan Has Held Up Well, With Notable Downsides, Say Authors
June 29, 2020 — The National Broadband Plan has been successful, despite notable downsides, said panelists in a Federal Communications Bar Association webinar on Friday. The plan, first released ten...
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In Discussing ‘Broadband and the Biden Administration,’ Trump and Obama...
November 22, 2020 – In the event that the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden seeks substantial funding for broadband infrastructure, there is a strong likelihood that such monies...
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