How Big Telecom lobbied US lawmakers to squeeze out new municipal networks, ensuring much of President Biden's $41.6B broadband funding goes to large companies
Sean Hollister / The Verge : Twitter: @communitynets and @karlbode . Forums: r/politics . Thanks: @ants000 Twitter: Christopher Mitchell / @communitynets : We need to make sure co...
The Internet Association says it is closing at the end of the year; sources describe financial struggles and tension between members
The Internet Association plans to announce it is dissolving as soon as tomorrow. — From left, former Internet Association President & CEO Michael Beckerman speaks …
House Republicans introduce the CONNECT Act, which aims to expand broadband connectivity and competition, but would limit government-run municipal networks
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Local officials, educators, and advocacy groups are frustrated by refusal of ISPs to provide data on how many customers they signed up via low income programs
AT&T, Verizon, Comcast — won't share data, because they say its ‘proprietary.’ Fascinating item from @cfarivar https://www.nbcnews.com/... @nbcnews : Even though most internet serv...
Local officials, educators, and advocacy groups are frustrated by refusal of ISPs to provide data on how many customers they signed up via low income programs
AT&T, Verizon, Comcast — won't share data, because they say its ‘proprietary.’ Fascinating item from @cfarivar https://www.nbcnews.com/... @nbcnews : Even though most internet serv...
Verizon says it is now handling ~800M wireless calls on weekdays, more than double Mother's Day, while AT&T says calls are up 35%; internet usage is up 20-25%
The volume of phone calls has surged more than internet use as people want to hear each other's voices in the pandemic.