Apr 30, 2019 | Getting Started, Outside Resources, Resources
This online Digital Needs and Readiness Assessment takes about 10-15 minutes to complete and helps identify key steps that should be taken prior to beginning a broadband infrastructure project. When taken by several members of a leadership team, the assessment can...
Apr 29, 2019 | NCC News, News
The race is on for 5G cellular networks as network providers battle to give customers instantaneous downloads of data on their devices. The underpinning of the technology is grounded in a very basic need: broadband fiber rings that some small cities and rural...
Apr 26, 2019 | NCC News, News
Two dozen entities, including several broadband associations, are stepping up their T-Mobile Sprint merger opposition, sending a letter last week to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and to a Department of Justice official arguing that the proposed merger would harm rural areas...
Apr 24, 2019 | Additional Resources, Digital Inclusion, Outside Resources, Resources
The Centre for Public Impact — The Future of US. Cities
Apr 17, 2019 | NCC News, News
The rural broadband fund that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai proposed last week would rely on funding from an existing broadband program slated to expire next year, while also setting higher standards for internet speeds, according to the...
Apr 17, 2019 | NCC News, News
Led by Senator Murray, Senate Democrats introduced the Digital Equity Act of 2019 to help close the digital divide impacting communities across the nation