California lawmakers approved new legislation letting renters opt out of bulk-billing arrangements that force them to pay for Internet service from a specific provider.
The electric cooperative-owned Paul Bunyan Communications in Northern Minnesota recently announced it was giving a $3.6 million profit windfall back to local community members.
ILSR's Christopher Mitchell offers insights on Superior, Wisconsin's new city-owned network and how federal policy, municipal broadband barriers and Tribal networks fit into the picture.
The next B4DE virtual gathering will explore why it’s necessary for frontline digital inclusion practitioners to be “Moving at the Speed of Trust.”
The federal agency administering the largest single investment to expand Internet access seems to be changing federal funding rules that would reduce rural broadband investment.
Leading broadband deployment scholars release new analysis today that may help state broadband offices evaluate “the capacities and saturation limits of the Starlink satellite infrastructure.”
ILSR's Sean Gonsalves writes in The American Prospect on how the "One Big Beautiful Bill" cuts food assistance benefits to households that pay for internet...
ILSR's Sean Gonsalves has a new piece in ProMarket on the continuing consolidation of telecommunication markets and why municipal broadband is a better option.
Maine Connectivity Authority President Andrew Butcher leads five-day “Driving Connections” tour to highlight broadband infrastructure investments the state has made and to rally support for...
Trump administration changes to the $42.5 billion BEAD grant program are poised to introduce years of potential new delays to the already slow-moving program.
The OaklandConnected project calls for construction of city-owned open access fiber network to expand affordable broadband to over 33,000 households languishing without home Internet service
The unprecedented move to destroy digital skills training and broadband adoption programs created by an act of Congress is seeing escalating pushback.
Here is our new dashboard that helps visualize the success of community-based broadband projects under the California's transformative FFA program.
The President’s actions “will result in much higher costs for slower, less reliable Internet access for millions of Americans,” says Christopher Mitchell.
Digital inclusion advocates are reeling after the Trump administration announced the Digital Equity Act was being cancelled months after federal grants had already been awarded.