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April 2019

Carriers Opt in to USF Funding

The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau authorizes 186 rate-of-return companies that elected 242 revised offers to receive additional Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) support in exchange for extending broadband service to additional locations. A report shows the revised authorization amount and deployment obligations for each carrier that elected a revised offer. These carriers are among the rate-of-return carriers nationwide that previously had been authorized to receive A-CAM support. The revised authorizations provide support to the electing comp

How healthy is the internet?

A compilation of research, interviews, and analysis aims to show that while the worldwide consequences of getting things wrong with the internet could be huge – for peace and security, for political and individual freedoms, for human equality – the problems are never so great that nothing can be done. This annual report is a call to action to recognize the things that are having an impact on the internet today through research and analysis, and to embrace the notion that we as humans can change how we make money, govern societies, and interact with one another online. This report is structu

South Carolina students do homework in parking lots to get Wi-Fi. Rep Clyburn wants Congress to help

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) was meeting with farmers about disaster relief when one Chester County resident shared a story about a different kind of disaster unfolding in rural South Carolina. The man told Rep Clyburn that schoolchildren in his small town are driven to the library after hours so they can connect to the Wi-Fi signal in the parking lot. For many of them, it’s the only way they can get online to finish their homework. 

Gov Kemp signs Georgia's rural broadband expansion measures

Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) signed several pieces of legislation designed to expand internet access to rural areas that now lack fast online services. He signed the broadband measures at a ceremony in Dahlonega, part of a stretch of mountainous North Georgia territory where residents have long struggled with spotty connectivity. Surrounded by dozens of college students and local officials, the governor said the changes will “make a lasting impact on countless Georgians” and bring more competition to residents with few options. 

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