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December 7, 2023
Digital Discrimination: Interview with Jeff Smith With the recently-released Order on Digital Discrimination, there are a lot of questions: What does this mean? Who is impacted? What do we need to do? In this 22-minute interview, Jeff Smith - VP of Public Policy and Advocacy - answers those questions and sheds light on the regulatory...
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Memos, Resources
December 6, 2023
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) extended the Broadband Data Collection (BDC) Professional Engineer (PE) certification waiver, with conditions. In 2020, Congress passed the Broadband DATA Act, which required the FCC to adopt rules for a biannual data collection relating to the availability and quality of broadband Internet access service. This data collection effort and resulting…
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Memos, Resources
December 4, 2023
On November 29, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Public Notice providing guidance to High-Cost support recipients regarding their obligations to collaborate with states and Tribal governments to avoid duplication with Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program funding. High-Cost support includes Enhanced A-CAM, RDOF, CAF Phase II Auction, Bringing Puerto Rico Together…
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November 27, 2023
In October 2022, a group of Vantage Point staff volunteered for a trip to Uganda with an organization called AsOne Ministries. Among other initiatives, part of this trip centered on installing a Wi-Fi network at an AsOne High School and the organization's headquarters. Larry Thompson and Andy Deinert led this project with the help of...
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