House Commerce Committee Democrats launched an investigation into Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s attacks on the First Amendment and his weaponization of the independent agency.
Since 2020, the digital navigator model has spread like wildfire. Programs with trusted guides who assist community members with ongoing, individualized support for accessing affordable and appropriate connectivity, devices, and digital skills are now in hundreds of communities across the U.S. Thirty-nine states and territories included digital navigator programs in their state/territory digital equity/opportunity plans, many of whom included libraries as key community partners.
When it comes to using AI, Comcast firmly believes it has a leg up on the fiber competition due to its DOCSIS 4.0 technology, according to chief network officer Elad Nafshi. Nafshi argues that because Comcast has embedded AI that’s “literally feet away from the customer” with real-time pattern detection capabilities, the operator can pinpoint “exactly” where there is interference in the network. Comcast started rolling out DOCSIS 4.0 in fall 2023, offering con
Frontier Communications CFO Scott Beasley knows a thing or two about finance. After all, he’s spent the past four years guiding the operator from bankruptcy to not only profitability but a $20 billion acquisition by telecommunications giant Verizon. As the data center industry rolls full steam ahead into a high-cost building boom, he’s got some words of wisdom: look into asset-backed securities. Unlike other funding vehicles, ABS use income-generating assets as collateral. ABS vehicles have historically been used by tower companies to raise money for new projects.
T-Mobile said it modified, changed and ended some of its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in its bid to receive regulatory approval for its deal with EQT for fiber operator Lumos.
Jim Stritzinger, Director of the South Carolina Broadband Office, likes “to think of the work we’re doing as an Olympic relay race.” The first leg, he said, was the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. The second leg was federal funding like the US Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect Loan and Grant Program and the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. The third leg was the American Rescue Plan Act.
The United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry is proud to share this important consumer guide for incarcerated people, their loved ones, clergy and other advocates.
House Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) announced a Full Committee Markup of 26 bills including:
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