Policy Positions
Webinar: Impending Changes to FCC’s Lifeline Program
Until the 2016 modernization order, the Lifeline program was only a telephone subsidy. The impending changes to Lifeline roll back much of the extension of Lifeline into home broadband support while also cutting the reach of the telephone subsidy. The following quote...
Dismantling of Net Neutrality Will Lead to More Digital Divides
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 to...
FCC’s “steps to transform Lifeline” reduce its potential to bridge Digital Divide
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...
FCC Suggested Polices to “Bridge the Digital Divide” Do No Such Thing
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", a "Notice of Proposed...
Letter to AT&T and Attorney Parks – A Recommendation.
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. NDIA is...
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...
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...
Attorney 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."...
Net 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...
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...