Dish the disruptor 05 MAY 2021
In the US mobile market, Dish Network appears to have replaced T-Mobile as the audacious upstart that could change the game for all players.
Eight years ago T-Mobile started shaking up the market with aggressive pricing and marketing. Dish’s brand of disruption is different; the company wants to build a new wireless network using open interfaces and cloud-based infrastructure. Whereas T-Mobile schooled its competitors on consumer marketing, Dish may teach them valuable lessons about the brave new world of open RAN.
By eschewing custom hardware and central offices, Dish expects to spend far less on its network than competitors do, currently budgeting $10 billion for the build.
From Bloomberg Opinion: 'The major technology companies are connectivity's biggest beneficiaries,' Bhaskar Chakravorti writes. 'It doesn't seem radical to suggest that they should help pay for the creation of more customers through a tax especially if they can help solve the problem with some of their own hardware. We should not be wringing our hands over this urgent problem; a solution to our digital divide is literally at our fingertips.'
What is the FCC s broadband benefit?
The Emergency Broadband Benefit provides a discount of up to $50 monthly toward broadband service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to buy a laptop or desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if they contribute more than $10 and less than $50 toward the purchase.
Sign-up for the program begins May 12; each eligible household can get one monthly service discount and one device discount.
How do I know if I am eligible for the broadband benefit?
You qualify for the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) if you currently qualify for the Lifeline program, the program that helps low-income Americans purchase broadband access. You also qualify if you are on Medicaid or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
New program to help bridge the digital divide localnews8.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from localnews8.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Invest in the Internet, You Cowards
Alerts
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH)(L) during a listening session on broadband internet at the New Hampshire Electric Co-op in Plymouth, N.H., April 23, 2021, as she travels to the state to promote the administration’s economic plans.
Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP (Getty Images)
Internet data usage is skyrocketing these days, to no surprise.
In 2020, the average amount of internet data usage for an individual household was 483GB per month. By the end of this year, the average broadband consumption per household per month could hit 600-650GB, according to Mark Trudeau, CEO of OpenVault, a broadband data and analytics solutions company. It makes sense that broadband consumption increased drastically during the pandemic since millions of people were working or attending school from home.