[1st-mile-nm] Rural Broadband News

[Richard Lowenberg]

Today’s CCG Blog focuses on rural broadband, and cites the trade groups, 
USTelecom and NTCA, and The Rural Broadband Association’s sponsored 
whitepaper titled, Rural Broadband Economics: A Review of Rural 
Subsidies.

https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2018/09/07/subsidizing-rural-broadband/

https://www.ustelecom.org/sites/default/files/documents/Rural%20Broadband%20Economics-A%20Review%20of%20Rural%20Subsidies%20%5B1%5D.pdf

Also, Public Knowledge, Benton Foundation, 16+ other organizations 
(1st-Mile has joined) have launched the  Broadband Connects America 
Coalition "to end rural digital divide".   Their Core Principles For 
Closing the Rural Gap:
•	Principle 1: Funding should be simple and allocated directly to 
infrastructure needs, not directly to last-mile carriers.
•	Principle 2: Closing the rural digital divide will require a 
combination approach that reflects the complexity of the challenges of 
deploying broadband to rural America.
•	Principle 3: Deployment should be focused on achieving tangible 
universal service to all rural Americans rather than allocated based on 
profit per population density.
•	Principle 4: Restoring net neutrality is essential to closing the 
rural digital divide.
•	Principle 5: Rural Broadband should meet the same adequacy standards 
as its urban counterpart.

http://www.broadbandconnectsamerica.com

RL


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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
rl at 1st-mile.org     www.1st-mile.org
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