What Policymakers Can Learn From the ‘Minnesota Model’ of Broadband Expansion
A Q&A with Bernadine Joselyn, director of public policy and engagement for the Blandin Foundation and member of the Minnesota Governor's Broadband Task Force.
March 2021
Spotify podcast listeners to top Apple’s for the first time in 2021, forecast claims (TechCrunch)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 03/02/2021 - 14:10More than 12 million US households have cut the cord on their home’s broadband service
More than 12 million US households have cancelled their home broadband service and use only mobile broadband for their internet needs. There are more than 15 million households in the US that have only a mobile broadband service, which includes more than three million households that have never had a home internet subscription. “High cost is the most prominent issue driving households to cut the cord and go mobile only, although service-related issues, from slow speeds to poor customer experience, also contribute,” said Kristen Hanich, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates.
To get started on building next-generation broadband networks no matter the technology, network-builders must take three essential steps. First, they need a GIS-based network design. Second, they need access to the right materials, equipment and skilled resources, some of which are currently many months delayed. Third, they need the ability to execute upon a fiber-to-the-endpoint construction plan. In this session, companies working on Rural Digital Opportunity Fund projects will speak about their plans for both fiber and wireless network delivery.
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Recap of 2021 Data on Purpose Conference, looking at digital solutions to problems of democracy and civil society (Stanford Social Innovation Review)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 03/02/2021 - 09:47As telecommunications companies spend billions on wireless, where does that leave the wired?
A Q&A with Angela Siefer, executive director of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance.
Daily Digest 3/2/2021
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Tue, 03/02/2021
Senators Urge FCC to Use COVID Broadband Programs to Help Close the Digital Divide
After Stimulus, Biden to Tackle Another Politically Tricky Issue: Infrastructure
President Biden’s two immediate predecessors had ambitious goals to rebuild the country’s infrastructure, but both left office having made little progress in fixing the nation’s bridges, roads, pipes, and broadband. President Donald Trump announced so many meaningless infrastructure weeks that the term became a running joke of his administration. While the goal of addressing the United States’ infrastructure is bipartisan, the details are not.