Message-ID: <20210227234241.F397D73B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:42:41 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: CenturyLink, Frontier missed FCC broadband deadlines in
dozens of states
US law gives the ISPs one extra year before they have to forfeit
money.
By Jon Brodkin
CenturyLink and Frontier Communications have again failed to meet
broadband-deployment deadlines in dozens of states after taking money
from the Federal Communications Commission.
When the FCC awarded Connect America Fund Phase II grants in 2015,
CenturyLink accepted $505.7 million in annual support over six years
in exchange for deploying broadband with 10Mbps download speeds and
1Mbps upload speeds to 1.17 million homes and businesses in 33
states. Frontier accepted $283.4 million in annual support over six
years to deploy service to 659,587 homes and business in 28 states.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/centurylink-frontier-missed-fcc-broadband-deadlines-in-dozens-of-states/
Message-ID: <20210227162130.994E873B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 16:21:30 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: FirstNet brings first responders innovative mission-ready
communications tools
First responders now have access to 4 new mission-driven solutions
exclusively available to all FirstNet subscribers: FirstNet
®
MegaRange
™, Z-Axis, Compact Rapid Deployables
™ and
Land-Mobile-Radio (LMR) interoperability for FirstNet Push-to-Talk (PTT).
https://www.firstnet.com/community/news/firstnet-brings-first-responders-innovative-comm-tools.html
Message-ID: <20210227172529.3053A73B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 17:25:29 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: For the People: Removing Barriers to Voter Registration
To loosen the hold corporate money has on our country, we must build
worker power, and to do that, we need the For the People Act. It is
one of the most important bills that Congress will be considering, so
over the next few weeks we will be sharing information in the CWA
eNewsletter about how the For the People Act ensures that eligible
voters can participate in elections and reduces the role of large
donations in political campaigns.
https://cwa-union.org/news/for-people-removing-barriers-voter-registration
