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

Date: 25 Apr 2023 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

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

Massachusetts Broadband Coalition Is Formed With Focus on Public Private Partnerships

Date: 13 Apr 2023 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

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 their individual communities has access to high-speed Internet.… Read More

Nationwide Push to Address ACP Anemia

Date: 15 Mar 2023 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The White House, in coordination with the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) and the U.S. Commerce Department, has kicked off a major push to get more of the estimated 52 million eligible households across the nation to take advantage of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP).… Read More

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