Libraries Without Borders US (LWB US) has been working to promote access to information in underserved communities across the country since 2015. Fundamental to our work is designing and implementing innovative programs that reimagine libraries, often by transforming nontraditional spaces into hubs for community learning and engagement.
This research presents evidence on the relationship between broadband pricing and labor market outcomes for low-income individuals. Specifically, it estimates the effects of a Comcast service providing discounted broadband to qualifying low-income families. Author George Zuo uses a triple differences strategy exploiting geographic variation in Comcast coverage, individual variation in eligibility, and temporal variation pre-and post-launch.
Consumer groups are still very much concerned about what happens if TracFone gets acquired by Verizon even though Verizon promises to serve the public interest.
The COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted the deep digital divide in Mexico and the enormous challenge faced by its education system in continuing to educate the country's students while under confinement.
An executive order signed by former Gov Gina Raimondo (D-RI) requires Internet service providers to comply with neutrality requirements when entering into certain public procurement contracts in Rhode Island. Lawmakers have proposed a bill to make the order a permanent law. “This is the fourth year the bill has been proposed,” said State Senator Louis DiPalma (D-RI).
Louisiana passed extensive legislation in the past two sessions to help bridge the digital divide, including a plan to auction off valuable communications spectrum for broadband access. HB465 tasks the recently created Office of Broadband and Connectivity with supervising an auction of parts of the 4.9GHz band. The Federal Communications Commission voted in 2020 to allow every state to lease some of this spectrum to help expand broadband development. A state task force recommended to the Louisiana Legisla
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