Advocacy groups call FCC’s E-Rate review an ‘attack’ on schools and libraries
The FCC has initiated a broad review of the federal E-Rate program, opening the possibility for it to be limited or even terminated.
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The pole problem: A hidden challenge for BEAD deployment
Michael Santorelli, director of the Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute at the New York Law School
NYC Public Advocate pitches ‘Internet for All’ plan to expand affordable broadband citywide
The New York City Public Advocate's office argued that a more substantial effort is needed to connect the city's entire population to the internet.
First BEAD-funded internet connections go live in Louisiana, Nebraska, with fixed wireless towers
The two BEAD-funded internet connections in Nebraska and Louisiana signal a shift from the program's tenuous planning phase to deployment.
FCC votes to create E-Rate bidding portal for schools and libraries, against their wishes
Controversially, the FCC voted to create a competitive bidding portal for schools and libraries participating in the E-Rate broadband subsidy program.
School, library groups urge FCC not to create proposed E-Rate bidding portal
A cohort of advocacy groups argued that an online E-Rate portal would be "overly burdensome" for under-resourced schools, libraries and ISPs.
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Bishop Paiute Tribe first in California to join state’s middle-mile broadband network
California's Bishop Paiute Tribe has become the first region in the state to connect to the state's extensive middle-mile broadband network.
Resource-sharing agreement expands Maryland’s middle-mile network
A new resource-sharing agreement in Maryland will lend the use of assets valued at $3.5 million, but will reportedly only cost the state a fraction of that…
With BEAD in flux, states lead on broadband expansion
States passed more than 160 broadband bills last year, providing new funding to replace cancelled federal dollars or to get ahead of procedural barriers as they await…
New Mexico’s timely broadband subsidy program
Christopher Mitchell, of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, explains why New Mexico's replacement to the FCC's Affordable Connectivty Program is laudable, but not a long-term solution.