Free Press COO Kimberly Longey organized a municipal project to bring fiber internet to her community. Now the FCC is endangering this network — and others.
Our look at a little corner of Western Massachusetts provides further proof that Pai’s attempt to close the digital divide is one of the most wasteful projects in agency history.
FCC Chairman Pai’s bungled effort to close the rural-broadband digital divide looks more and more like one of the most wasteful projects in FCC history.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has asked the FCC to block broadband funding earmarked for Frontier, saying the ISP isn't capable of delivering gigabit-speed service.
"We started poking around the FCC's maps of winning RDOF bids, and there's enough smoke to suggest a fire," wrote Free Press Research Director S. Derek Turner.
The FCC chairman has allowed money intended for underserved communities to subsidize the construction of gigabit networks in rich, densely populated neighborhoods.