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Public Interest Voices for the Digital Age
Read unique perspectives on communications policy debates written by Benton and guest contributors.
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There’s more we can do to improve the effectiveness of the E-rate program
Analysis
March 11, 2020 -
Broadband networks that run to schools or libraries or health-care facilities are not built to carry only scholastic or literary or medical information
Analysis
March 9, 2020 -
Broadband competition matters
Analysis
March 6, 2020 -
Analysis
March 4, 2020 -
Analysis
March 2, 2020 -
First Congressional hearing on digital inclusion
Weekly Digest
January 31, 2020 -
Home broadband adoption rates aren’t increasing
Speech
January 29, 2020 -
Cost is the primary reason that people do not subscribe to broadband
Analysis
January 23, 2020 -
From digital divide to internet inequality.
Weekly Digest
December 20, 2019 -
Electric cooperatives energize rural economies by closing the digital divide
Analysis
December 9, 2019 -
Joining forces to connect community
Analysis
November 20, 2019 -
Benton Senior Fellow Jon Sallet called for a new national broadband agenda
Weekly Digest
November 1, 2019 -
In the next decade, everyone in America should be able to use High-Performance Broadband
Speech
October 30, 2019