The preliminary results of the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction are now public and while it is a long road from auction results to authorization of funding to actual deployment, the results have significant implications for U.S. broadband policy. The locations covered in the Phase I auction represent the rural locations that are…
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Closing the Homework Gap and Bridging the Digital Divide
As a country, we have weathered an extraordinary year. The pandemic laid bare fissures and inequities that we will be addressing for a long time to come. One of the many lessons learned – if there was ever any doubt – is the critical need to stay digitally connected to our work, our schools and…
Read More Closing the Homework Gap and Bridging the Digital DivideFCC Takes Steps to Eliminate Barriers to Broadband Investments
The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, Executive Vice President of Federal Regulatory Relations: “We are pleased that the FCC has adopted the compromise framework to reform network unbundling rules, which has broad support across the industry. We all recognize that that the global pandemic has brought to the forefront the critical need…
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Digital Opportunity Fund
The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Regulatory & State External Affairs: “AT&T is committed to helping close the digital divide and ensuring that consumers across the U.S. can reap the benefits of broadband. We applaud the Commission for making targeted changes to the original proposal that should help…
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