In Depth
Report: Increased Wellness and Economic Return of Universal Broadband Infrastructure
Ry Marcattilio-McCracken
April 25, 2023
Telehealth has the potential to revolutionize healthcare, but it remains unavailable to the millions of Americans who lack Internet access. To make telehealth available to the populations that need it most (i.e. rural Black populations), we need to expand broadband infrastructure. This report from Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative and ILSR demonstrates that the cost of building and maintaining universal Internet infrastructure would be quickly recouped by the massive economic returns of wider telehealth access. READ MORE
BEAD’s Match Exemption for High-Cost Areas May Be Challenging for Tribal ISPs
Jessica Auer
December 18, 2023
With the $14.2 billion Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) on track to run out of funds by spring/early summer 2024, finally there is a request from the White House to extend funding for the program that over 21 million households now READ MORE
Save ACP And Then Some
Sean Gonsalves
November 14, 2023
With the $14.2 billion Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) on track to run out of funds by spring/early summer 2024, finally there is a request from the White House to extend funding for the program that over 21 million households now READ MORE
Recently Posted
USDA ReConnect Amps Up Broadband Funding to Tribal Nations
Jessica Auer
April 22, 2024
Colorado River Indian Tribe was among a handful of Tribes that received substantial funding awards from the USDA ReConnect Grant Program, a reminder that Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program is not the be-all-end-all of funding for Tribal broadband. READ MORE
Massachusetts and New York Look To Make Affordable Housing Broadband Ready
Sean Gonsalves
April 4, 2024
Massachusetts and New York officials hope to entice affordable housing property owners with new grant programs that would pay the retrofitting costs to expand high-speed Internet connectivity into decades-old affordable housing developments. READ MORE
New Municipal Broadband Networks Skyrocket in Post-Pandemic America As Alternative To Private Monopoly Model
Sean Gonsalves
January 18, 2024
“The monopoly cable and telephone companies frequently claim that there are no problems with broadband in the U.S., even as millions of students cannot access the Internet from their homes, whether in rural or urban areas. These cities remind us o READ MORE
New Municipal Broadband Networks Skyrocket in Post-Pandemic America As Alternative To Private Monopoly Model
Sean Gonsalves
January 18, 2024
As the new year begins, ILSR announced its latest tally of municipal broadband networks which shows a dramatic surge in the number of communities building publicly-owned, locally controlled high-speed Internet infrastructure over the last three years. READ MORE
BEAD’s Match Exemption for High-Cost Areas May Be Challenging for Tribal ISPs
Jessica Auer
December 18, 2023
With the $14.2 billion Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) on track to run out of funds by spring/early summer 2024, finally there is a request from the White House to extend funding for the program that over 21 million households now READ MORE