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FCC Should Require Equity and Affordability Commitments from Lumen-Apollo Transaction

FCC Should Require Equity and Affordability Commitments from Lumen-Apollo Transaction

by Bill Callahan | Feb 3, 2022 | Digital Inclusion News

On February 2, NDIA submitted reply comments to the FCC, in which we express our support for Communications Workers of America’s initial comments regarding the Lumen-Apollo transaction announced last year.  In August 2021, Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)...
Amendment to Ohio budget bill would block affordable internet initiatives by schools, libraries as well as cities

Amendment to Ohio budget bill would block affordable internet initiatives by schools, libraries as well as cities

by Bill Callahan | Jun 21, 2021 | Digital Inclusion News

Language added very quietly to the Ohio Senate’s version of a key budget bill not only targets municipal broadband for extinction, but also seeks to derail growing efforts by the state’s school districts, libraries and other local public bodies to create...
U.S. House votes “Yes” on home broadband benefit and digital equity funding for states and communities

U.S. House votes “Yes” on home broadband benefit and digital equity funding for states and communities

by Bill Callahan | Jul 1, 2020 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the “Moving Forward Act” (HR 2), a $1.5 trillion infrastructure funding bill that includes $8.8 billion for a new “broadband benefit” program to help low-income households and recently laid-off consumers pay for...
U.S. House votes “Yes” on home broadband benefit and digital equity funding for states and communities

Wyden bill provides emergency internet assistance for laid-off workers, low income households, Pell students

by Bill Callahan | Jun 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions

United States Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon yesterday introduced the “Emergency Broadband Connections Act”, which would create a new Emergency Benefit for Broadband Service to provide free or low-cost broadband service for low-income families as well as...
U.S. House votes “Yes” on home broadband benefit and digital equity funding for states and communities

New U.S. House broadband bill includes low-income payment help and digital inclusion funding

by Bill Callahan | Jun 24, 2020 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions

A bill introduced today by Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives proposes more than a billion dollars in funding for state and community digital inclusion initiatives, as well as a new federal broadband benefit that would contribute $50 a month to...
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