When the federal Lifeline program was established in 1985, it provided a discount on phone service to qualifying low-income consumers. This continued until March 31, 2016, when the Federal Communications […]
For the first time in over a year, policy experts, industry representatives, and digital advocates convened in person in Keystone, Colorado, for the Mountain Connect conference. It included keynotes from
On July 29, 2021, Next Century Cities submitted a letter supporting a proposal from St. James Township and Peaine Township to bring fiber-to-the-home service to residents of Beaver Island, Michigan.
On July 20, 2021, Mark Pfaffinger, Chief Information Officer for Larimer County; Richard Holt, City Councilor and Fiber Commission Chair for the City of Centennial; Shannon Haynes, Assistant Town Manager
On August 2nd, 2021, NCC’s Lukas Pietrzak joined advocates from across the country to discuss the ways our work aimed at various aspects of broadband access and adoption can jointly
Connecting America’s Heartland: From Access to Adoption Read More »
By Craig Settles A glimmer of bright silver light shone from within the COVID-19 pandemic – advancements in telehealth technology. Additionally, necessity became the mother of invention regarding how
Libraries Can Be a Vanguard for Telehealth. Read More »
TDI, a non-profit focused on advancing the voices of people who are deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, deaf-blind, and deaf with mobility issues in Information and Communications Technology, hosted
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On July 29th, Next Century Cities’ Lukas Pietrzak joined advocates and local leaders to participate in the Knight Foundation’s 2021 Smart Cities Lab. Panelists discussed how local communities could prepare
Closing the Digital Divide Today to Prepare for Tomorrow Read More »
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies devotes its Technology Policy Program to exploring the impact and potential policy solutions that could improve digital outcomes for Black communities. In
On July 20, 2021, Mark Pfaffinger, Chief Information Officer for Larimer County; Richard Holt, City Councilor and Fiber Commission Chair for the City of Centennial; Shannon Haynes, Assistant Town Manager
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