In Depth
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
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
Recently Posted
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
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
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
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
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