Posted by Hope Schumaker on November 20, 2025BEAD the Call: What the First Four Years of BEAD can Teach UsThe Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program (BEAD) has followed a long and winding road since its [...]Read more
Posted by Hope Schumaker on January 8, 2025Decisions, DecisionsFew rule making processes have been as dramatic as that of net neutrality, the utility style regulation [...]Read more
Posted by Hope Schumaker on October 3, 2024Put it in NeutralThe Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program is the largest broadband funding project to [...]Read more
Posted by Hope Schumaker on September 11, 2024Harris on TechLast month, we examined what a Trump-Vance administration could mean for tech policy. Similarly, [...]Read more
Posted by Hope Schumaker on August 7, 2024A New Development in the Net Neutrality SagaWhen the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced its plan to reinstate Net Neutrality rules in [...]Read more
Posted by Hope Schumaker on April 17, 2024Was it the End of the Internet?The recent solar eclipse is not the only defining story of 2017 that we are revisiting—net neutrality is [...]Read more
Posted by Hope Schumaker on March 27, 2024Digital Divide and Conquer: Effective Coordination between Broadband Programs is Key to ConnectivityIn the digital age, access to fast and reliable internet is often a prerequisite for participation in [...]Read more
Posted by on February 23, 2024On the Radio (Waves)The first wireless communication took place in 1895, when Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi sent a morse [...]Read more
Posted by Hope Schumaker on February 14, 2024Affordable Connectivity Program and the Digital DivideIn the digital age, fast and reliable internet is vital to participation in society. American jobs, [...]Read more