U.S. News & World Report Finds Nearly 2 in 5 Internet Subscribers Compromise Personal Expenses to Afford Internet

Date: 17 Oct 2023 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

With the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) poised to run out of funding in early Q2 next year, and no funding source lined up to keep the program alive, a recent U.S. News & World Report survey underscores the significance of the program in the face of rising prices from the nation’s major Internet Service Providers (ISPs).… Read More

Municipal Broadband Restrictions Interfere with State BEAD Plans

Date: 14 Sep 2023 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

One major barrier to providing universal access to fast, reliable and affordable Internet service–long recognized by ILSR, telecom experts, and a growing number of ordinary citizens–are the monopoly-friendly preemption laws that either outright ban or erect insurmountable barriers to municipal broadband.… Read More

A Tool to Track Federal Funding for Affordable Broadband

Date: 27 Jun 2023 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In May, we published a story about the fate of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), based on a prediction model we built that was intended to visualize how long we might expect the $14.2 billion fund to last before needing new Congressional appro…… Read More

New Video: Coalition of Community Broadband Advocates Prevail in Louisiana

Date: 27 Jun 2023 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In July of 2022, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and several state lawmakers visited Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana to announce the community had secured a $4 million grant to build a fiber-to-the-home network in one of the most poorly connected parts of the state.… Read More

Report: Increased Wellness and Economic Return of Universal Broadband Infrastructure

Date: 25 Apr 2023 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Telehealth has the potential to revolutionize healthcare, but it remains unavailable to the millions of Americans who lack Internet access. To make telehealth available to the populations that need it most (i.e. rural Black populations), we need to expand broadband infrastructure. This report from Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative and ILSR demonstrates that the cost of building and maintaining universal Internet infrastructure would be quickly recouped by the massive economic returns of wider telehealth access.… Read More

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