BroadbandBreakfast.com Hosts ‘Measuring Broadband Performance: What Have We...
Tweet WASHINGTON, Monday, September 17th, 2012 – The internet policy news and events service BroadbandBreakfast.com will hold its September 2012 Broadband Breakfast Club event “Measuring Broadband...
View ArticleCable and Telecom Providers Warm to Broadband Measurement, Speak at Broadband...
TweetWASHINGTON, Thursday, September 20th, 2012 – The internet policy news and events service BroadbandBreakfast.com held its September 2012 Broadband Breakfast Club event “Measuring Broadband...
View ArticleRising Tide of Data Uses From Wireless Devices Forcing Changes in Internet...
TweetWASHINGTON, February 20, 2013 – Policy-makers and consumers alike are struggling to grapple with a rising-tide of data usage from wireless devices, according to the chief of the Federal...
View ArticleThe Cost of Connectivity: An Analysis of the Open Technology Institute Report...
WASHINGTON, January 14, 2015 — The White House’s recent report on “Community-Based Broadband Solutions” relies heavily on an Open Technology Institute report from the fall that compared the quality and...
View ArticleNew America Foundation Panel Promotes a Hybrid Wireless-Fiber Network...
WASHINGTON, July 28, 2017 – The New America Foundation’s wireless project promoted a hybrid fiber and wireless technology approach at a Tuesday event, “Shared Spectrum as a Fiber Extension,” discussing...
View ArticleM-Lab Celebrates 10 Years of Broadband Speed Tests, Discusses Work with...
WASHINGTON, August 16, 2018 - New measures to improve broadband education and access in schools and libraries were among the innovations in broadband data touted on the second day of a conference last...
View ArticlePanelists, Including Facebook Executive, Call For Increased Content Moderation
WASHINGTON, July 22, 2019 — The primary responsibility of moderating online platforms lies with the platforms themselves, making Section 230 protections essential, said panelists at New America’s Open...
View ArticleT-Mobile/Sprint Merger Settlement Fiercely Criticized by Activists, and Dish...
WASHINGTON, July 31, 2019 — The Justice Department’s recently announced settlement on the T-Mobile/Sprint merger has drawn widespread criticism, even though the agreement maintains four nationwide...
View ArticleSeeking to Quell ‘Evil Contagion’ of ‘White Supremacy,’ President Trump May...
WASHINGTON, August 5, 2019 — President Donald Trump on Monday morning attempted to strike a tone of unity by denouncing the white, anti-Hispanic man who “shot and murdered 20 people, and injured 26...
View ArticlePart IV: As Hate Speech Proliferates Online, Critics Want to See and Control...
WASHINGTON, August 22, 2019 — Lurking at the corners over the renewed debate over Section 230 the Communications Decency Act is this question: Who gets to control the content moderation process...
View ArticleIn Law More Than a Year, MOBILE Now Advocates Say Act Requires Further...
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2019 – Even though the so-called MOBILE NOW law has been effect since March 2018, former Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., highlighted ongoing...
View ArticleNew America Highlights the Broadband Prices Available on Ammon, Idaho’s Open...
The Open Technology Institute of New America on Wednesday released a blog post focusing on Ammon, Idaho, and highlighted how the open access broadband networks there better meets customers’ needs and...
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Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 — Content Moderation
Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 — Content Moderation: How it Works, Why it Works and Best Practices This panel will consider how different platforms approach content...
View Article‘Disconnection Day’ Looms as a Flouted ‘Keep Americans Connected’ Pledge Expires
June 30, 2020 — When internet historians look back on the present day, Tuesday may end up being known as “Disconnection Day.” That’s because thousands, and perhaps millions, of people across the...
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Content Moderation Experts Discuss Future of Section 230 in Broadband...
July 6, 2020 — The role of a content moderator is to be both a judge and a janitor of the internet, according to Alex Feerst, general counsel at Neuralink. In a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event on...
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Major Change on the Horizon? Explaining the Affordable, Accessible Internet...
December 2, 2020 – As House GOP leaders ask the Government Accountability Office to audit the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ReConnect program because of concerns federal funds are being used to...
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Report Finds Some Visible Minorities Left Out of Internet Access At Public...
March 9, 2021 – The Open Technology Institute and New America’s Education Policy program released a new report this month on visible minority experiences at public libraries and how those institutions...
View Article‘Airwaves for Equity’ Initiative Wants Spectrum Auction Proceeds for Digital...
WASHINGTON, February 28, 2022 – A new spectrum alliance wants the Federal Communications Commission to allocate spectrum proceeds to expand digital equity. The newly established Airwaves for Equity...
View ArticleA Foundation for Digital Equity, Biden on Cybersecurity, $750 Million...
March 2, 2023 – Legislation that would create a nonprofit foundation dedicated to digital equity and inclusion was introduced in both the House and the Senate on Wednesday. The Digital Equity...
View ArticleBroadbandBreakfast.com Hosts ‘Measuring Broadband Performance: What Have We...
WASHINGTON, Monday, September 17th, 2012 – The internet policy news and events service BroadbandBreakfast.com will hold its September 2012 Broadband Breakfast Club event “Measuring Broadband...
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