This is a map of America’s broadband problem
A county-by-county look at the broadband gap
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If broadband access was a problem before 2020, the pandemic turned it into a crisis. As everyday businesses moved online, city council meetings or court proceedings became near-inaccessible to anyone whose connection couldn’t support a Zoom call. Some school districts started providing Wi-Fi hotspots to students without a reliable home connection. In other districts, kids set up in McDonald’s parking lots just to get a reliable enough signal to do their homework. After years of slowly widening, the broadband gap became impossible to ignore.
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Vermont Business Magazine Vermonters may apply for the Emergency Broadband Benefit beginning Wednesday, May 12. The Emergency Broadband Benefit is a temporary FCC program to help eligible families and households struggling to afford broadband internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Emergency Broadband Benefit provides:
Up to $50/month discount for broadband service;
Up to $75/month discount for households on qualifying Tribal lands; and
A one-time discount of up to $100 for a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet purchased through a participating provider if the household contributes more than $10 but less than $50 toward the purchase price.
The FCC voted February 25, 2021, to formally adopt a Report and Order that establishes the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, a $3.2 billion federal initiative to provide qualifying households discounts on their internet service bills and an opportunity to receive a discount on a computer or table
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The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office, headed by the embattled Marilyn Mosby, has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against a local news station for alleged “blatantly slanted, dishonest, misleading, racist, and extremely dangerous” coverage in a move many believe is an attempt by Mosby to censor reporting on her own federal criminal investigation.
The May 5 complaint, addressed to FCC acting chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, accuses WBFF (a.k.a. FOX45 News) the Baltimore-based Fox-affiliate of partaking in an “intentional crusade against … Mosby, which given today’s politically charged and divisive environment, is extremely dangerous.” It also details what Mosby’s communications director, Zy Richardson, believes to be a “disconcerting and dangerous pattern: beginning with a slanted, rigged, misleading, or inflammatory headline; followed by conspiracy theory; and supported with guest commentary from di
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A bipartisan group of leaders from the House Energy and Commerce Committee, consisting of House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), and Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) announced that they sent a letter to the Appropriations Committee last week seeking at least $750 million in funding in fiscal year 2022 for “critical network security initiatives authorized under the USA Telecommunications Act.”
According to the press release, the USA Telecommunications Act of 2020,created the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Reportedly, “(t)his program supports the promotion and deployment of Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) 5G networks throughout the United States – widely known to be a highly secure communications network.”