October 21, 2020 – Next Century Cities

NCC Files an Ex Parte With Allies Urging FCC to Keep AT&T Customers Connected

Blog Entry, By Ryan Johnston, NCC News, News / nextcentury

Recently, AT&T announced that it would begin to phase out its Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) internet service across the nation. The decision will leave an unknown number of current DSL subscribers without a fixed or terrestrial broadband alternative. The Federal Communications Commission has reasserted in a draft order that the repeal of the 2015 Open […]

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Updating Legacy Systems: Good for Security Good for Privacy

Blog Entry, By Ryan Johnston, News / nextcentury

By Ryan Johnston, Policy Counsel Ensuring that every resident and municipal government is able to benefit from digital access also means that new stockpiles of data are being collected on each user. Too often, it is the decades-old server at city hall that collects and records much of the personal information the city is required

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Protecting Data is an Essential Service of Good Local Government

Blog Entry, News / nextcentury

By John Breyault Vice President of Public Policy, Telecommunications and Fraud at the National Consumers League in Washington, D.C. In Flint, Michigan, the failures of the municipal government to safeguard the safety of the water network did not only put tens of thousands of residents’ health at risk, it poisoned citizens’ faith in their local

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Privacy is a Critical Component of Digital Literacy

Blog Entry, News / nextcentury

By Amie Stepanovich, Executive Director, Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Privacy is hard. A person may spend more than half of their day staring at a computer or smart device screen, wandering through an endless maze of social media, news, messaging, apps, and online stores. And that’s before you factor in the

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A Spotlight on Provo, Utah

Blog Entry, By NCC Staff, COVID-19, News, Spotlight City / nextcentury

Provo, Utah What are some of the major concerns that residents have about broadband access or connectivity? Dixon Holmes: One of the concerns that we have, especially now in this era of COVID, is they may have the access, but do they have the other tools? Broadband connectivity is great, but you also have to

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