Johnny Kampis, Taxpayers Protection Alliance Critics of municipal broadband eviscerated a recent report created by the Open Technology Institute (OTI), a cheerleader of government-owned networks (GON)s. OTI released its annual Cost of Connectivity report last month, claiming that municipal networks (i.e. taxpayer-funded networks) are both cheaper and offer more robust speeds than the […]
By Johnny Kampis, Taxpayers Protection Alliance As the race for broadband funds from the CARES Act heats up, policy experts and taxpayer advocates hope the money ends up in the right place to help close the digital divide. The relief package, passed and signed into law in March, included $150 billion in relief […]
By Oliver McPherson-Smith, American Consumer Institute Video conferences, online classrooms, and telehealth have all become mainstream in 2020. This huge change has been made feasible by federal policies that focus on getting the most value out of America’s telecommunications resources. To replicate this success and avoid future waste, access to American spectrum needs to […]
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor America is opening up! Kind of. Different states, curiously reflecting their red/blue political leadership, are opening at different paces. Except, of course, for the House of Representatives which apparently feels that the best way to represent the American people is to not go to work. Oh well, that’s […]