The federal Lifeline program needs to be reformed to include high-speed Internet service for Americans with the lowest incomes. by Larry Irving and Jamal Simmons People aim cellphones…
by Rick Boucher & Larry Irving Monday is the 20th anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the last rewrite of the nation’s communications laws that set the…
“Regulatory humility.” To many, if not most, Americans, the phrase sounds like an oxymoron. Yet, for the last two decades, this has been the almost uniquely American approach…
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulators, purportedly eager to promote competition, keep stifling the investment needed to advance it meaningfully. Case in point, the Commission recently opened a tariff…
Net neutrality. It’s the longest standing communications policy debate of the 21st Century, and a decade after it started, it’s still raging and far from resolved. I share…
Almost 90 percent of American households have broadband Internet. But tens of millions of Americans still are not connected to broadband. Those Americans tend to be older, poorer,…
Like a cat that won’t give up trying to get on a table, the Competitive Local Exchange Carriers are back, pushing for more special treatment for special access…
The Federal Communications Commission is now modernizing its Lifeline program, originally designed to connect low-income Americans to the telephone network. Lifeline was created in the mid-1980s and reflects…
Donald Trump makes the case as plainly as any candidate for president can. He wants to “Make America Great Again.” From Trump to Bernie Sanders, Americans are looking…
Today, few argue with the fact that broadband Internet access is a 21st-century necessity. It’s the modern passkey to healthcare, education, government services and economic opportunities. Unfortunately, some…
The nation’s historic transition away from the copper wire toward a modern Internet Protocol-based (“IP”) communication system represents a critical technological leap forward. The United States aims…
While most political insiders are focused on fund-raising numbers, staffing announcements and what fast food candidates eat in Iowa and New Hampshire, there are real issues at stake…
