Increasing Broadband Availability, Accessibility, and Affordability for the Benefit of All Utahns
Monday, August 12, 2024
August 2024
How Elon Musk Is Using His Empire to Kickstart xAI (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 08/12/2024 - 05:21
Analysis
Analysis
China to launch satellites to compete with Starlink (Fierce)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Fri, 08/09/2024 - 15:55BEAD is 'unlikely' to bring broadband that will last
Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program money may be enough to connect most folks to 100/20 Mbps, but those speeds likely won’t cut it by the end of the decade, said Connect Humanity’s Brian Vo. We’ve heard from the White House that the BEAD Program will help connect everyone in the country to reliable and affordable high-speed internet by 2030.
Data Demonstrate Rural Spaces Ripe for Telework
In October 2020, 55% of Americans teleworked; 16 months later, in January 2022, full-time telework dropped to 43%, and by October 2023, full-time telework rates had decreased to 35%. Current data, however, indicate that about one-third of Americans are working a hybrid schedule, alternating days at the office with days at home (or away). These trends offer benefits to rural spaces where robust broadband capabilities can support a wide range of telework experiences. Fortuitously, these trends coincide with increasing rates of broadband adoption.