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November 2022

Matching Big ISP Tactics

There are three billing practices that are routine for large internet service providers (ISP) that smart competitors avoid. First is offering special low prices to attract new customers. The second is bundling, which means giving a discount to customers buying multiple products. Third is what has become known as hidden fees, where there are routine monthly fees that are not included in the online advertised price offers to customers. A lot of smaller ISPs wonder if they should match these same tactics.

Flume says cities overflowing with fiber but accessibility lags

Flume, a New York City-based fiber provider, has made strides over the past couple of years offering gigabit service to lower-income households.

Sponsor 

New America

Date 
Tue, 11/29/2022 - 16:30 to 17:30

The digital domain is fast emerging as a new landscape of global competition and conflict. The benefits of digitization have been immense, but so have the harms -- rampant disinformation, privacy violations, cyberattacks, and the worsening of inequalities, to name a few. As harms proliferate and the technology rapidly broaches new frontiers of complexity and power, such as in AI and quantum computing, tensions over security, access, innovation, and human rights are becoming more pronounced, and the stakes are rising.


Sponsor 

Gigabit Libraries Network

Date 
Fri, 12/02/2022 - 08:00 to 09:00

A deeper look into LEO systems and their potential to actually connect the unconnected.

Speaker

Dan York

Director, Online Content for the Internet Society will present results of ISOC's new year long study:

"Perspectives on LEO Satellites"

 


Sponsor 

Subcommittee on Space and Science

Senate Commerce Committee

Date 
Thu, 12/01/2022 - 10:00

This hearing will highlight critical Earth Observation (EO) data provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the United States Geological Survey (USGS), which recently celebrated Landsat’s 50th Anniversary. The hearing will also discuss the rise of commercial providers and improving access to EO data to spur economic growth.


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