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Community Broadband Media Roundup - January 7
Minnesota
Update: Frontier Communications responds to MN investigation by Mike Bunge, KIMT News
Senator's View: Job skills, infrastructure can be priorities by U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Duluth News Tribune
No serious infrastructure plan is complete without addressing broadband expansion. There is strong bipartisan support for including broadband funding in any infrastructure package, and that's good news.
The lies Comcast allegedly told customers to hide full cost of service by Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica
Mississippi
Expanded Internet service to rural areas a must by Dennis Seid, Daily Journal
North Carolina
Eastern Carolina co-op looks to bring high speed Internet to rural areas by Ken Watling, WNCT 9 News
North Dakota
North Dakota bill would set new terms for telemedicine by Blair Emerson, GovTech
Oregon
Broadband opportunities presented at town hall meeting by Richard Hanners, Blue Mountain Eagle
Governor establishes rural broadband office by Jayati Ramakrishnan East Oregonian
Washington
From campaign consultant to lobbyist and adviser: The firm that has Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s ear by Daniel Beekman and Lewis Kamb, Seattle Times
General
Towns and cities keep ditching Comcast to build their own broadband networks by Karl Bode, Techdirt
“These areas aren't getting into the broadband business because they think it's fun, they're doing it because the US broadband market is painfully, obviously broken.”
The FCC's restoring Internet freedom order is ignorant of and conflicts with the Internet's architecture by Scott Jordan, Benton Foundation
USDA announced $600 Million for rural broadband by Rachel Engel, EfficientGov
FCC Chairman Pai celebrates Congress failing to bring back net neutrality by Devin Coldewey, Tech Crunch
Furthermore, it’s entirely unclear whether Pai’s new rules have had any positive influence at all. Broadband investment has in fact not been affected, despite a $2 billion tax break given to cable companies and a number of other sweetheart deals. The most likely explanation for any positive effects is investment planned or made years ago, perhaps as far back as the Obama administration and the previous rules.
The FCC is closing, so hold your cell phone service gripes by Klint Finley, WIRED
US Census Bureau finds stark rural-urban broadband divide by Jason Plautz, Smart Cities Dive
So many new lawmakers love net neutrality by Dana Floberg, Free Press
Will 5G end up leaving some people behind? NBC News
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Iowa
Iowa receives $26.2 million in emergency education relief to expand broadband access, Discover Muscatine
Minnesota
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Colorado
Little-known Internet network plans Western Colorado expansion to link students, nonprofits to supercomputers by Tamara Chuang, Colorado Sun
Louisiana
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California
Partnerships can close the digital divide by Apoorva Pasricha & Kevin Frazier, GovTech
Colorado
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Arizona
Mohave Electric Cooperative moves forward to build fiber optic network in partnership with TWN Communications, Cision PR Newswire
Arkansas