The Broadband Divide in the US Is Not Color Blind
Millions of Black Americans have been impacted by the digital divide, the gulf between people who have access to any internet at all and those who don't.
April 2025
White House to Ask Congress to Claw Back Funding From NPR and PBS (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 04/15/2025 - 06:34Confusion grips Big Tech over exemptions from Trump tariffs (Los Angeles Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 04/15/2025 - 06:34American Airlines to Provide Free Wi-Fi, Joining Race to Court Connected Travelers (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 04/15/2025 - 06:33Gen Z Subscribes to 26% More Apps and Streaming Services Than the Average American, New Study Finds (Wrap, The)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 04/15/2025 - 06:32Understanding Aggregate Trends for Apple Intelligence Using Differential Privacy (Apple)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 04/14/2025 - 17:15
Comments of the Digital Progress Institute on Needless Paperwork
The Digital Progress Institute submitted remarks to the Federal Communications Commission in response to the In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete request for comments. DPI's comments focused on the regulatory burden of needless filings and reports required by the FCC. "Archaic Commission rules require far too much paperwork from Commission regulatees, with total paperwork burdens requiring the private sector to hire, in effect, 22,461 full-time equivalents to complete.
MidWave did all the hard work - now its 1.4 GHz spectrum is ready for 5G (Fierce)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Mon, 04/14/2025 - 16:32
CCIA Comments to the FCC In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete
The Computer & Communications Industry Association submitted remarks to the Federal Communications Commission in response to the In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete request for comments. CCIA encouraged the FCC to "delete" subpart (a)(2) of Commission Rule 25.161, which prohibits licensed entities from launching any non-geostationary orbit satellites if they are found to miss a milestone on any other satellite.