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This article suggests eight steps the National Telecommunications and Information Administration should take to make the broadband provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act a success. Those steps include helping states ramp up their broadband offices, hiring personnel skilled in federal broadband grants, and improving coordination between the agencies that support broadband deployment.
This report uses data from the FCC and the U.S. Census to explore the relationship between facilities-based competition and broadband adoption. The researchers found that competition between cable and fiber did not seem to bring the last group of unconnected people online.
This action plan from the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition reinforces the need for policymakers to improve anchor institution broadband by fostering competition, lowering prices, and promoting open interconnection and shared use of broadband networks.
This article spotlights Petrichor, a corporation working with municipalities in Washington and Idaho to help communities apply for state and federal grants to build broadband infrastructure. Prior to forming Petrichor, its executive director, Joe Poire, built open access networks comprising more than 450 miles of fiber, which has resulted in competition in previously unserved markets.
This podcast episode examines whether the biggest tech companies—including Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook—have too much control over consumers’ internet usage and too much access to their personal data. The panelists discuss the effectiveness of existing antitrust laws and the FTC’s efforts to combat monopolistic practices.
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