by Angela Siefer | Nov 21, 2017 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions
The current Federal Communications Commission is on a deregulation roll. At the agency’s December 14 Open Commission Meeting, the commissioners are expected to vote 3-2 to dismantle net neutrality, ending the existing requirement for Internet service providers...
by Bill Callahan | Nov 18, 2017 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions
The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 Thursday to move forward with dismantling the broadband Lifeline framework approved a year and a half ago under former Chairman Wheeler. Chairman Ajit Pai and his two Republican colleagues approved a Notice of Proposed...
by Angela Siefer | Nov 13, 2017 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions
NDIA has responded, via letter, to a document released by the FCC titled “Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income Consumers”. This document includes the “Fourth Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Memorandum Opinion and Order”,...
by Angela Siefer | Oct 30, 2017 | Digital Inclusion News, Policy Positions
Based upon NDIA’s digital redlining maps and on behalf of 3 residents of Cleveland and 2 residents of Detroit, Attorney Daryl Parks filed FCC complaints against AT&T alleging discrimination. AT&T and Attorney Parks have agreed to mediation by the FCC....
by Bill Callahan | Oct 7, 2017 | Measuring Inclusion, Policy Positions
NDIA recently submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission suggesting several ways to make the agency’s public data on broadband deployment and adoption more useful to local digital inclusion efforts. NDIA’s comments can be found here. They...
by Angela Siefer | Sep 22, 2017 | Digital Inclusion News, Measuring Inclusion, Policy Positions
On September 21, 2017, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) filed comments in response to the FCC’s Thirteenth Section 706 Report Notice of Inquiry (NOI), “Concerning Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to All Americans in a Reasonable and...
