Policy Positions
NDIA proposes community-friendly changes in FCC Form 477 data
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 were filed...
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Low Income Cleveland Census Tracts Less Likely to Subscribe to High Speed Broadband than Tracts in Appalachia Ohio
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...
read moreAttorney Daryl Parks Submits Formal Complaint to FCC Against AT&T Based on NDIA Report
Today, on behalf of three Cleveland residents, Attorney Daryl Parks submitted a formal complaint to the FCC alleging "AT&T’s offerings of high speed broadband service violates the Communications Act’s prohibition against unjust and unreasonable discrimination."...
read moreNet Neutrality Day of Action
Today is the Net Neutrality Day of Action! To join in the movement, please visit: https://www.battleforthenet.com/ To learn more about the history of Net Neutrality check out: http://whatisnetneutrality.org/timeline This isn’t just an issue for the big players, it’s...
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Who Regulates Broadband? Nobody.
25 states have passed state cable franchise bills. Many were passed approximately 10 years ago. Promises were made that cutting local control of cable franchises would streamline roll out and result in more investment by the companies providing cable services (which...
read moreNDIA Webinar: Lifeline Broadband Update & Low Cost Internet Options
The addition of broadband service to Lifeline occurred in December. NDIA affiliates spend a lot of time and energy searching for and keeping track of low-cost broadband offers for their community members. We are at the very early stages of implementation of the new...
read moreDear FCC Chairman Pai
In the past couple of years, the Federal Communications Commission became a federal agency that discussed and addressed digital inclusion. Lifeline was expanded to include broadband and the FCC released Strategies and Recommendations for Promoting Digital Inclusion....
read moreWe Need More Internet Service Providers, Not Fewer
Whether we call it competition or choice, there is general agreement that having more options in a market has the potential to reduce the price and increase the value of the service/product. Lifeline broadband service is no different. The more options low-income...
read moreFCC Consumer Bureau releases digital inclusion plan
The Federal Communications Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau has released Strategies and Recommendations for Promoting Digital Inclusion, the "digital inclusion plan" that the FCC promised in its Lifeline Modernization Order nine months ago. The...
read moreCity digital inclusion leaders featured in special journal issue
Yesterday the Journal of Digital and Media Literacy published a special issue on “Digital Inclusion Policies & Programs of Local Governments”, featuring articles by municipal digital inclusion leaders from seven U.S. cities (all Trailblazers).I was invited by the...
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