July 31, 2018 – Next Century Cities

A Community’s Guide to Challenging Mobility Fund Phase II Ineligibility

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Mobility Fund Phase II (MF-II) aims to incentivize LTE/4G deployment in rural areas through reverse auction by making available up to $4.53 billion over the next ten years. However, some find the data that the FCC uses to make these funding decisions to be unreliable or incomplete. To combat this, […]

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Blair Levin: The Secret to Smart Policies About Smart Cities

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Thank you to the Internet Society for making the recording of this event possible. Remarks of Blair Levin Brookings Metropolitan Project at the Next Century Cities Conference Pittsburgh, PA July 25, 2018 The full text of this speech was first published by the Benton Foundation, here. I want to

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Broadband Breakfast — For Robust Broadband in the 5G Era, More Local Control May Be Required

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Many broadband experts speaking at the Next Century Cities regional summit here said last week that city jurisdiction should take precedence over federal rules in ensuring impactful broadband deployment.

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Washington Examiner — Lobbyists and location stymie rural America’s quest for broadband

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Running a T-shirt printing business on the main street of Pinetops, a North Carolina town with a population of less than 1,500 people, Suzanne Craig depends on the Internet.

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