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Deadline to Challenge FCC Maps Highlights Failed Process
January 17, 2023
Last Friday was a major milestone in the process of moving $42.5 billion from the federal government to states to distribute mostly to rural areas to build new, modern Internet access networks. January 13th marked the deadline for error corrections (ca... READ MORE
Want to Work on Tribal Broadband Policy? ILSR is Hosting a 2023 ACLS Leading Edge Fellow
Ry Marcattilio-McCracken
January 19, 2023
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) as a host organization for a Leading Edge Fellowship for the second time. The application window has READ MORE
A New Tool to Track Federal Funding for Affordable Broadband
Ry Marcattilio-McCracken
August 31, 2022
In May, we published a story about the fate of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), based on a prediction model we built that was intended to visualize how long we might expect the $14.2 billion fund to last before needing READ MORE
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Want to Work on Tribal Broadband Policy? ILSR is Hosting a 2023 ACLS Leading Edge Fellow
Ry Marcattilio-McCracken
January 19, 2023
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) as a host organization for a Leading Edge Fellowship for the second time. The application window has opened for recent PhDs in the READ MORE
Deadline to Challenge FCC Maps Highlights Failed Process
January 17, 2023
Last Friday was a major milestone in the process of moving $42.5 billion from the federal government to states to distribute mostly to rural areas to build new, modern Internet access networks. January 13th marked the deadline for error corrections READ MORE
All States Now Have ‘Internet for All’ Planning Funds; Eyes Now on FCC Maps
Sean Gonsalves
January 3, 2023
As the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is set to unleash an unprecedented amount of federal funds to expand high-speed Internet access as part of the Biden-Harris administration’s “Internet for All” initiative, all 50 states and U.S. territories have now receive READ MORE
CUDs Lead Affordable Fiber Revolution in Vermont
Karl Bode
December 21, 2022
When it comes to affordable broadband, Vermont has always been a trailblazer. From early adoption of municipal broadband and cooperatives to more recent experimentation with CUD (Communications Union District) fiber deployments, the state’s efforts are inspiring communities nationwide looking for n READ MORE
Community Broadband’s Broad Appeal
Luke Gannon
December 15, 2022
There is a recent story out of Fairlawn, Ohio that perfectly illustrates the future of Internet access in this country. For years, the small town was at the whims of large, incumbent Internet providers. The Internet was so slow and READ MORE