Breezeline finishes $80 million fiber expansion in West Virginia and New Hampshire
Breezeline closed out construction projects in both West Virginia and New Hampshire.
January 2024
Electric co-ops are ready to compete in broadband market
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) is urging Congress to increase minimum uplink standards for broadband networks funded by the federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.
Chamber of Commerce sues Federal Communications Commission Over Broadband Rule
The Chamber of Commerce, the Texas Association of Business, and the Longview Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit over the Commission’s recent rulemaking that gives itself sweeping authority over the broadband marketplace.
How Much Money Can Broadband Bring a Rural Community? By Some Estimates, Millions.
As the federal government distributes $42.5 billion to expand broadband internet access across America and its territories, some local leaders are asking themselves: How much economic impact could faster internet create?
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Addressing Digital Equity Needs in Iowa
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel's Response to Senators Capito (R-WV) and Kennedy (R-LA) Regarding Pole Attachments
In late 2023, Sens Shelley Capito (R-WV) and John Kennedy (R-LA) wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel expressing concerns about the FCC's pole attachment proceedings. In January 2024, Chairwoman Rosenworcel responded, elaborating on what action the FCC has taken to improve the pole attachment process, including the establishment of the new Rapid Broadband Assessment Team.
TikTok Pledged to Protect US Data. $1.5 Billion Later, It’s Still Struggling. (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:29Google Battles Ohio AG Over Search Results (Media Post)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:17How AI could help curb global labor shortages
In conversations with a slew of business leaders about the economic implications of generative AI, a recurring theme cropped up: that AI-driven productivity gains are the world's best hope to limit the pain of a demographic squeeze. As computers get better at doing jobs humans have traditionally done, the risk of mass displacement of workers is created. But the flip side is an emerging shortage of working-age humans in most advanced economies and a murky future for globalization, which effectively expands the global pool of workers. The big macroeconomic question for the coming decade is wh