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Communications Workers of America Launches Multi-State Effort to Regulate Broadband, Close Digital Divide

Legislation has already been introduced in California, Colorado and New York, and CWA is in active conversations with policymakers in state houses across the country about its model bill, the Broadband Resiliency, Public Safety and Quality Act.

Can Rescue Funds Give America the Broadband It Really Wants?

Billions of dollars in the American Rescue Plan could be used to close the persistent digital divide in urban and rural communities. But how can these investments be “future-proof”?

New York Mandates $15-a-Month Broadband for Low-Income Users

New York’s newly enacted state budget requires nearly all Internet providers to sell broadband service for $15 a month to low-income customers who qualify for food stamps, Medicaid or similar benefits.

The FCC wants you to test your internet speeds with its new app

The FCC Speed Test App could help the agency correct its data

Broadband Definitions

Below you’ll find brief explanations of many of the terms relating to home and mobile broadband which may cause confusion for a beginner.

Biden Announces His Broadband Plan—and ISPs Will Hate It

Municipally owned networks, nonprofits, and cooperatives would play a major role in the expansion pitched by Biden.

“Broadband” Sunk Costs: A Cautionary Tale

Lesson Number 1: The digital divide was not a consequence of rural economics; it has been the policy of the federal government.

Does America Want to Invest in Broadband?

You’re reading the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society’s Weekly Digest, a recap of the biggest (or most overlooked) broadband stories of the week. The digest is delivered via e-mail each Friday.

A Relay is Born: the Missoula Valley Internet Co-op Grows One Radio Link at a Time

As we’ve discussed in prior articles, and in our previous community call, the success of this community owned and operated network that we are building hinges upon two things:

T-Mobile ups 5G ante with home broadband, free phone upgrades

This new offer features several different facets, but the headline grabbers are free 5G phone upgrades and the country’s first widely available wireless broadband home internet service.