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Exploring Digital Equity Fact Sheets
Ry Marcattilio-McCracken
April 26, 2022
ILSR's Exploring Digital Equity Fact Sheet Series unpacks the issues, challenges, and opportunities of bringing broadband access to everyone. READ MORE
New York State Budget Bill Sets Table for Municipal Broadband
Sean Gonsalves
April 14, 2022
The recently enacted budget bill includes “the largest ever investment in New York's 21st century infrastructure (that) will leverage public and private investments to connect New Yorkers." READ MORE
Stock Buybacks Remind Us That Monopoly ISPs Work for Shareholders, Not Subscribers
Ry Marcattilio-McCracken
April 7, 2022
Business has been unmistakably good for Comcast recently, having added 1.3 million new broadband subscribers in 2021 alone. But that wasn’t the only cause for its increased earnings. READ MORE
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Five Rural Maine Towns Form Coalition for Affordable Broadband
Sean Gonsalves
August 5, 2022
Spurred to action by inadequate high-speed Internet service as the pandemic besieged their communities, local officials and citizen volunteers in five rural Maine towns formed the Southwestern Waldo County Broadband Coalition (SWCBC) in an effort to bring ubiquitous and affordable broadband to its portion of READ MORE
Rancho Cucamonga Cultivates Greenfield Fiber Vineyard
Sean Gonsalves
July 12, 2022
In the 1980s, Rancho Cucamonga proclaimed itself “The City with a Plan.” Back then, the plan was to remake this once rural enclave known for its vineyards into more than just one of the many sunny suburbs of Los Angeles. The vision was t READ MORE
Washington Post: Biden locks arms with telecom giants, riling allies
Reggie Rucker
May 10, 2022
Excerpts from the story published May 10, 2022 On Monday, Biden touted new commitments by AT&T, Comcast, Verizon and 17 other providers to provide discounted high-speed Internet service to low-income customers. Under the arrangement, eligible consumers can sign up for Internet plans for $ READ MORE
Statement: Biden Administration Celebrates Telecom Companies Undermining His Agenda
Jess Del Fiacco
May 9, 2022
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. (May 9, 2022) – The Biden Administration is poised to celebrate the nation's largest telecommunications monopolies today even as these companies do the bare minimum for digital equity while undermining his administration's broadband agenda. Christopher Mitchell, Director of the C READ MORE
Exploring Digital Equity Fact Sheets
Ry Marcattilio-McCracken
April 26, 2022
Expanding Internet access to everyone who wants it isn’t an infrastructure problem alone. Achieving equity for everyone in a community is a many-sided endeavor, and requires engaging and activating an array of stakeholders. Created with support from AARP and help from th READ MORE