Enlarge / President Joe Biden speaks at Mack Truck Lehigh Valley Operations on July 28, 2021, in Macungie, Pennsylvania. reader comments 38 with 29 posters participating Share this story A bipartisan infrastructure deal will provide $65 billion for broadband deployment and require ISPs that receive funding “to offer a low-cost affordable plan,” the White House ..
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Enlarge / Illustration of fiber-optic cables. reader comments 135 with 65 posters participating Share this story The California legislature unanimously approved a plan to build a statewide, open-access fiber network yesterday. The legislation was supported by Democrats and Republicans in votes of 78-0 in the California Assembly and 39-0 in the state Senate. The statewide, ..
reader comments 48 with 47 posters participating Share this story With broadband-industry lobby groups implausibly claiming that Internet providers have slashed their prices, Consumer Reports is on a mission to collect and analyze thousands of monthly Internet bills from real customers. In an announcement today, Consumer Reports said it launched the Broadband Together initiative with ..
reader comments 53 with 47 posters participating Share this story The Federal Communications Commission broadband standard that was implemented under then-Chairman Tom Wheeler in 2015 and never updated by Ajit Pai is now “likely too slow,” according to a government report issued last week. The Wheeler-led FCC in January 2015 updated the agency’s broadband standard ..
Getty Images | PM Images reader comments 74 with 55 posters participating Share this story On Friday, the broadband industry won a court order that prohibits New York from enforcing a state law that would require ISPs to sell $15-per-month broadband plans to low-income households. Lobby groups for ISPs sued New York to block the ..
Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum service truck in McKinney, Texas, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. reader comments 94 with 73 posters participating Share this story It’s no surprise that cable companies charge lower prices for broadband when they face competition from fiber-to-the-home services. But an article yesterday by Stop the Cap provides a good example ..
Enlarge / President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Getty Images | Bloomberg reader comments 167 with 84 posters participating Share this story President Biden has cut his broadband-deployment spending proposal from $100 billion to $65 billion, matching the lower amount proposed by Republicans. But ..
Getty Images | Guirong Hao reader comments 105 with 93 posters participating Share this story Biden administration officials are not convinced by the broadband industry’s claims that Internet prices aren’t too high, according to a report today by Axios. The White House announced on March 31 that President Biden “is committed to working with Congress ..
reader comments 187 with 113 posters participating Share this story Internet service providers today sued New York to block a state law that requires ISPs to sell $15-per-month broadband plans to low-income households. The lawsuit was filed by lobby groups including USTelecom and CTIA–The Wireless Association, both of which count Verizon and AT&T among their ..
Enlarge / Rooftop antenna at Immaculate Conception School in the Bronx. reader comments 71 with 47 posters participating Share this story Charter Communications employees who have been on strike since 2017 are building an Internet service provider in New York City called “People’s Choice.” “People’s Choice Communications is an employee-owned social enterprise launched by members ..