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Public Interest Voices for the Digital Age

Read unique perspectives on communications policy debates written by Benton and guest contributors.

Op-ed

Impact of the Election on the Broadband Sector

Blair Levin

October 10, 2024
Op-ed

A Better Way to Fund USF

John Horrigan, Blair Levin

October 1, 2024
Op-ed

Unleash Fixed Wireless Service in 12 GHz to Help Close the Digital Divide

Chip Pickering, Chris Lewis, Michael Calabrese, Andrew Jay Schwartzmann

September 25, 2024
Op-ed

My (Oh I Wish) Closing Argument to the House BEAD Hearing

Blair Levin

September 11, 2024
Op-ed

More RDOF Defaults on the Horizon?

Carol Mattey

July 18, 2024
Op-ed

Broadband Deployment: Who’s the Cop on the Beat?

Carol Mattey

July 16, 2024
Op-ed

Unlocking Broadband in the Heartland: A Harvest of American Opportunity

Arnesa Howell

July 9, 2024
Op-ed

A New Vision For “Open-Access” Networks as Operating Systems for Cities

Bob Thompson

June 20, 2024
Op-ed

The Bad Business of BEAD

Christopher Ali, David Elliot Berman, Sydney Forde, Sascha Meinrath, Victor Pickard

May 16, 2024
Benton Editorial

Digital Skills Foster Confidence in Life

Revati Prasad

April 8, 2024
Op-ed

A Leader for Allegan County's Broadband Journey

Pierrette Renée Dagg

March 11, 2024
Op-ed

Modernizing How We Assess Broadband Affordability

Dharma Dailey, Sabrina Roach

March 7, 2024
Op-ed

Creating a Culture of Consent for Our Digital Future: A Conversation with Tawana Petty

Ever Bussey

March 6, 2024
Op-ed

Technology Education Programs in Prisons increase Prosocial Behaviors and Computing Attitudes

Jason Jabbari, Takeshi Terada, Rosa Mayer

March 4, 2024
Op-ed

Why Leading with Digital Equity Matters

Maggie Drummond Bahl, Jenna Ingram, Andrew Butcher

February 20, 2024
Speech

2024 Charles Benton Digital Equity Champions Awards

Adrianne Furniss

February 15, 2024
Op-ed

The Economic, Political, Historic and Even Theological Case for ACP

Blair Levin

February 14, 2024
Op-ed

Out of the Box Thinking in Livingston County

Pierrette Renée Dagg

February 13, 2024
Op-ed

The Quickening Pace of Landline Retirement

Rob Frieden

February 12, 2024
Op-ed

Ending the ACP will Limit the Internet’s Economic and Healthcare Benefits for Low-Income Households

John Horrigan, Blair Levin, Angela Siefer

January 25, 2024
Op-ed

Setting the Extremely High Cost Per Location Threshold for BEAD

Carol Mattey

December 21, 2023
Op-ed

Paying It Forward in Washtenaw County

Pierrette Renée Dagg

December 14, 2023
Op-ed

Emerging Best Practices for Developing Effective, Measurable State Digital Equity Metrics

Ziggy Rivkin-Fish

December 13, 2023
Op-ed

Ensuring Bids for ALL Eligible Locations in BEAD: The Challenge Ahead

Carol Mattey

December 12, 2023

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