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03/08/2021
Broadband Benefits From Stimulus Package
The Senate voted 50-49 along party lines over the weekend to pass a revised version of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package over the weekend. Like others before it, the legislation directs big money towards broadband initiatives.
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03/03/2021
Net Neutrality Watch
Sen Ed Markey (D-MA) pledged to launch legislation to bring back 2015 net neutrality rules soon.
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02/08/2021
Telecom Act 25 Years Later
Rep Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Sen Ed Markey (D-MA) marked the 25th anniversary of the 1996 Telecom Act by reintroducing the National Broadband Plan for the Future Act.
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10/28/2020
FCC’s Never-ending Net Neutrality Story
The FCC’s three Republican commissioners voted to approve an order that essentially said the 2017 Restoring Internet Freedom order was just fine, the two Dems heavily objected and Title II advocates like Public Knowledge and Sen Ed Markey (D-MA) vowed to never stop fighting.
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07/28/2020
Dems Weigh in on What’s Needed to Support Virtual Learning
Minority communities are being hit particularly hard by the pandemic, and FCC commish Geoffrey Starks and John B King Jr, former secretary of education under Obama, organized a panel Monday to explore what actions are needed from the FCC and Congress to close the digital divide in Latinx communities in particular.
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07/10/2020
Checking Broadband Progress
Rep Anna Eshoo (D-CA) introduced legislation Thursday that instructs the FCC to update the National Broadband Plan to expand internet access and study how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the online lives of Americans.