On June 26, 2018, Blair Levin, Executive Director of Gig.U, and Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institute's Metropolitan Policy Project, provided keynote remarks at the Kansas City Gigabit Summit. As he did in Austin, Mr. Levin again took the FCC's BDAC process to task, and suggested better ways for cities and carriers to advance 5G networks -- such as through smart local negot…
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NLC, NACO & NATOA to FCC Wheeler: We Support Your Efforts to Eliminate Barriers to Municipal Broadband
On Friday, July 3, 2014, the National League of Cities (NLC), the National Association of Counties (NACO) and the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) commended FCC Chairman Wheeler’s commitment to local internet choice, and emphasized their support for his efforts to remove barriers to municipal broadband networks: “We write today to support your efforts…
read moreSenators and Representatives Call on FCC Chairman to Let Communities Decide Their Own Broadband Future
Citing the need to sustain our country’s global economic competitiveness, U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey, Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar, Richard Blumenthal, and Cory A. Booker, and U.S. Representatives Mike Doyle, Henry A. Waxman and Anna G. Eshoo called on FCC Chairman Wheeler in a June 27 letter to “progress” on community broadband by unleashing all options that will build a 21st century bro…
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