In an effort to close the homework gap, many educators and policy makers are looking to the Educational Broadband Service, or EBS.
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Research Peek of the Week: Apple iPhone, Gmail are the World’s Most Popular Email Clients
According to recent data published by email analytics firm Litmus, Google and Apple are leaders of the email client pack.
Don’t Let Title II be the Enemy of the Good
The debate over net neutrality has raged for most of this century. But today there’s a good opportunity to settle it and to stop the regulatory ping-pong that has become a dreary spectacle.
IIA Statement on House Vote on the Save the Internet Act
IIA released the following statement on today’s House vote on the Save the Internet Act, encouraging members of Congress to advance bipartisan net neutrality legislation.
Research Peek of the Week: A Lot Can Happen in a Minute on the Internet
Visual Capitalist compiled an estimate of the data created on the internet in just one minute.
The Private Sector Must Lead the Way to 5G
The private sector, not the government, must take the lead in the deployment of 5G technology, and the primary government role should be to continue selling 5G spectrum to the private sector at auction.
Dragons Lurk in the Details of Mapping the Digital Divide
Determining which rural areas in the country have broadband service poses a daunting challenge.
Statements from IIA Chairs on Save the Internet Act
IIA released the following quotes from IIA Founding Co-Chair Bruce Mehlman and IIA Honorary Chair Rick Boucher urging Congress to advance a bipartisan legislative solution for net neutrality, rather than the Save the Internet Act.
Research Peek of the Week: 5G Dwarfs 4G
When comparing key performance specs of 4G and 5G networks, 5G dwarfs all of 4G’s specs.
Research Peek of the Week: More U.S. Households Subscribe to a Video Streaming Service than Traditional Pay Television
Streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu are more popular than ever. In fact, a new survey shows that for the first time, more U.S. households subscribe to these three paid streaming services than traditional pay television.
Lessons from Broadcast Spectrum Auction can Help Close the Homework Gap
Opportunities would arise from putting frequencies in the 2.5 GHz Educational Broadband Service spectrum band into an incentive auction. Not only could the government’s share of the proceeds be put toward closing the Homework Gap, but underutilized mid-band spectrum could fuel the deployment of 5G.
Congress, Can We Have Some Privacy Please?
The time is right and ripe for Congress to enact a Privacy Bill of Rights.