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November 2024

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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 15:00

The coming year could be extremely impactful on U.S. broadband policy.  Congress and the new President will be reviewing Universal Service reform, ACP funding, BEAD implementation, and FCC spectrum auction authority. Court decisions on net neutrality and E-rate reform could also have profound effects on the prospects for legislation.  Join us for an immediate analysis of White House and Congressional priorities in the coming year from a panel of experts, including Andy Schwartzman and others.


Biden-Harris Administration Awards $72 Million to Expand Internet Access and Digital Literacy for Native Hawaiians

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) more than $72 million from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program to expand high-speed Internet access and adoption in Native Hawaiian households. The nearly $3 billion Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program is part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet for All Initiative.

The ABCs of Affordability in Alabama

A key challenge to achieving universal broadband adoption in Alabama is that low-income households struggle to afford broadband services and devices with adequate technical support. Among Alabama residents who do not have internet service at home, 42.6 percent report that a primary reason they do not pay for broadband at home is an inability to afford service.

Arkansas State Broadband Director Aims for Competitive, Business-Friendly Market

“We have worked really hard within the confines we’ve been given to create one of the most competitive, free-market-based, business-friendly (or business-encouraging) types of programs,” said Arkansas broadband director Glen Howie. Howie said Arkansas’ broadband funding program is flexibly designed, allowing providers to use census block groups (CBGs) to align their project footprints, while accounting for their financial modeling. Before Howie joined the Arkansas State Broadband Office, providers were able to draw their own project footprints and submit their designs to the state.

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