During the late 2010s, 21 rural Massachusetts towns voted to build their own fiber networks. A broken process from the Trump FCC nearly imperiled these networks.
This program is a huge opportunity for those who’ve been struggling to receive some long-overdue relief — and to make certain they can get and stay connected to the internet.
The injustice and barriers getting in the way of people trying to stay connected are nearly identical to the injustices woven into our electrical grids.
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.
