August 2022

Where we’re spending our screentime, in 3 charts (Vox)

Submitted by benton on Wed, 08/31/2022 - 06:34

Analysis: The problem behind all of Twitter’s other problems (Washington Post)

Submitted by benton on Wed, 08/31/2022 - 06:33

Brightspeed Announces Initial Fiber Build Markets for Indiana (Brightspeed)

Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 08/30/2022 - 17:50

NTIA Awards More Than $105 Million in Grants to Expand High-Speed Internet Access on Tribal Land in Arizona

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded $105,846,128.07 in grants awarded from the Internet for All initiative to five Tribal entities in Arizona. The grants will fund high-speed internet infrastructure deployment projects through the Internet for All Initiative’s Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program for Hopi Telecommunications, Inc., Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, San Carlos Apache Tribal Council/Triplet Mountain Communications, Inc., and White Mountain Apache Tribe.

Lack of Equitable Data is Harming Underserved Communities, US Chief Data Scientist Says (nextgov)

Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 08/30/2022 - 16:51

FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Announces Wireless Emergency Alert Test Partners (Federal Communications Commission)

Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 08/30/2022 - 16:37

U.S. teens value people feeling safe online over being able to speak freely (Pew Research Center)

Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 08/30/2022 - 16:36

Report | Tribal Economic Development: Action is Needed to Better Understand the Extent of Federal Support (Government Accountability Office)

Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 08/30/2022 - 16:35

EducationSuperHighway and Massachusetts Connect Residents To Affordable Broadband

With President Biden signing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into law in November 2021 and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) subsequently releasing Notices of Funding Opportunity which outline the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, Digital Equity Act (DEA), and Enabling Middle Mile Grant Infrastructure Program in May 2022, EducationSuperHighway and various organizations across Massachusetts are working to bring affordable broadband to the State. The organization has partnered with Springfield and Worcester (MA) Publ

EducationSuperHighway Establishes No Home Left Offline Coalition

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocated over $45 billion to states for broadband deployment through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity Act (DEA) programs. This historic investment presents an opportunity to close the digital divide across the country, but we must make sure that the 20-25% of unconnected households living in multi-family and public housing, primarily in urban and suburban communities, are not left offline. EducationSuperHighway has established the "No Home Left Offline Coalition." In the coming months, the coalition wil

« first
‹ previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
…
next ›
last »

Benton

Search