Cox fights municipal private wireless in Tucson
Tucson, Arizona has built a private wireless network to provide broadband to low-income households for free.
August 2021
The age of the à la carte internet
Media that were once free or easily accessible — including news websites, podcasts, TV shows and games — rushed to get behind paywalls during the pandemic. This accelerating trend is carving the internet into many niche audiences, Balkanizing our collective media diets. News publisher paywalls took off in 2020 and have seen sustained gains since; users are running into paywalls across a range of media, discovering they must now pay for content that was once free. Even podcasts, traditionally the most open and freely available media via RSS feeds, are moving behind paywalls. There's no clear
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Antitrust Legislation to Promote App Store Competition
Sens Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the Open App Markets Act, which would set fair, clear, and enforceable rules to protect competition and strengthen consumer protections within the app market.
Ziply Fiber Announces Fiber Expansion into 14 Additional Markets
Ziply Fiber is bringing gigabit-speed fiber Internet service to 14 additional markets across Washington and Oregon. This latest expansion, which includes both suburban and rural towns, is in addition to the 22 new market builds announced in Spring 2021. This brings the total number of fiber expansion markets since Ziply acquired the Northwest operations of Frontier Communications in 2020 to 52.
Sen Wicker Questions Commerce Department’s Enforcement of Huawei-related Rule (Senate Commerce Committee)
Submitted by grace@benton.org on Wed, 08/11/2021 - 12:16Find Out Which Groups Get Big Tech Funding (Campaign for Accountability)
Submitted by grace@benton.org on Wed, 08/11/2021 - 12:15Determining spectrum caps and service efficiency: A case study of mobile operators in Thailand (Telecommunications Policy)
Submitted by grace@benton.org on Wed, 08/11/2021 - 12:13Mozilla: Big Tech can’t outrun demands for accountability (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 08/11/2021 - 11:49Disability Advisory Committee members are expected to discuss (i) a working group report and recommendation on communications access for individuals with disabilities during the pandemic; (ii) a working group report and recommendation on emerging accessible communications opportunities; and (iii) any other topics relevant to the DAC’s work. The meeting will be led by the DAC co-chairs: Brian Scarpelli, Senior Policy Counsel of ACT | The App Association, and Isidore Niyongabo, President and Director of Advocacy and Public Engagement of National Black Deaf Advocates.