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New Report: Increased Wellness and Economic Return of Universal Broadband Infrastructure

New Report: Increased Wellness and Economic Return of Universal Broadband Infrastructure

Ry Marcattilio-McCracken

April 25, 2023

Telehealth has the potential to revolutionize healthcare, but it remains unavailable to the millions of Americans who lack Internet access. To make telehealth available to the populations that need it most (i.e. rural Black populations), we need to expand broadband infrastructure. This report from Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative and ILSR demonstrates that the cost of building and maintaining universal Internet infrastructure would be quickly recouped by the massive economic returns of wider telehealth access.  READ MORE


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Statement: Gigi Sohn “is a wonderful match” for the American Association of Public Broadband

Statement: Gigi Sohn "is a wonderful match" for the American Association of Public Broadband

Sean Gonsalves

May 3, 2023

"The dishonest attacks in opposition to her FCC nomination compromise the effectiveness of the FCC at this critical juncture in U.S. telecommunications, but advocates for better Internet access have gained a tremendous ally.”  READ MORE


Massachusetts Broadband Coalition Is Formed With Focus on Public Private Partnerships

Massachusetts Broadband Coalition Is Formed With Focus on Public Private Partnerships

Sean Gonsalves

April 13, 2023

Representing 26 towns across Massachusetts, from Cape Cod to Chelsea, an informal group of mostly town officials have formed the Massachusetts Broadband Coalition in search of a way out of a broken monopoly broadband market to ensure that everyone in  READ MORE


Boulder, Colorado Gets Ready to Roll on Citywide Fiber Network

Boulder, Colorado Gets Ready to Roll on Citywide Fiber Network

Sean Gonsalves

April 5, 2023

With the construction of its 65-mile dark fiber backbone nearly complete, city officials in Boulder, Colorado are now ready to move into the next phase of their plan: build out a citywide fiber network.  READ MORE


Realizing Ambitions of Open Access Broadband in Marin County, CA

Realizing Ambitions of Open Access Broadband in Marin County, CA

Emma Gautier

March 30, 2023

Creative efforts are underway in Marin County, California to bring fiber connectivity to underserved pockets of the community and eventually the whole area.  READ MORE


Syracuse, NY Votes to Provide Low Cost Fixed Wireless Broadband to Low Income Households

Syracuse, NY Votes to Provide Low Cost Fixed Wireless Broadband to Low Income Households

Karl Bode

March 28, 2023

City officials in Syracuse, New York have formally approved a new project to provide heavily discounted wireless broadband to low-income city residents.  READ MORE


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