Unlocking Broadband in the Heartland: A Harvest of American Opportunity
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
July 2024
U.S. Creates High-Tech Global Supply Chains to Blunt Risks Tied to China (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 07/09/2024 - 06:25Australia accuses China-backed hackers of breaching government networks (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 07/09/2024 - 06:25
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FCC Extends Pause of Lifeline Voice Phase-Out and Mobile Data Changes
The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau extended, for an additional year, the waiver pausing both the phase-out of Lifeline support for voice-only services and the increase in Lifeline minimum service standards for mobile broadband data capacity.
Smaller Market Data Centers Gain New Way to Connect to Internet Exchanges
Global internet exchange operator DE-CIX hopes to connect data centers in smaller markets using a new approach that could benefit customers of the data center operator.
GFiber Labs: Tomorrow’s internet today
GFiber Labs is on a journey to push speeds to 100 Gig and beyond. Delivering 20 Gig symmetrical speeds was the first stop in pursuing that goal, but journeys are made by next steps. And we recently took that step in our hometown of Kansas City. For the first time ever, GFiber Labs, using Nokia’s technology, tested 50 Gig on a live network. We put Nokia’s 50G PON technology to the test in one of our KC fiber huts (where we house our network equipment).
FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel's Remarks to National Association of the Deaf
On July 3, Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel spoke at the National Association of the Deaf Conference in Chicago (IL) about the ways "digital technologies can improve the lives of people with disabilities," and about some of the work the FCC has done to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. "Two weeks from now, the FCC will vote on a new proposal to improve video programming accessibility for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.
AI’s impact on income inequality in the US (Brookings)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Mon, 07/08/2024 - 13:30
How the End of the Affordable Connectivity Program is Hurting Low-Income Households and the U.S. Economy
A forthcoming report from the Benton Institute on Broadband & Society examines the impact of the demise of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) on low-income Americans and the affordability of home broadband service. The main findings from the survey are: