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Tech on the Rocks: We’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat: The Passage to Universal Broadband


The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the fact that broadband is essential for full participation in our society and economy. With school, work, and now vaccination registrations all taking place online, the need for universal broadband has never been greater. In late December, Congress passed a bipartisan emergency broadband benefit that provides…

Sohn calls exorbitant FCC fines on Educational Broadband Service licensees “an abuse of power”


Today, the FCC proposed over $47 million in fines on 10 nonprofit Educational Broadband Service spectrum licensees for allegedly violating rules that the Commission repealed last April.  The following statement should be attributed to Gigi Sohn:  "This action is the opposite of the 'regulatory humility’  this FCC claims to believe…

Sohn Cheers Inclusion of “Historic” Emergency Broadband Benefit in COVID-19 Relief Bill


This evening Congressional leaders came to agreement on a $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief bill that among other things, includes $3.2 billion for a $50 monthly emergency broadband benefit for low-income households and households where the recently unemployed reside, and $75 monthly for eligible households on Tribal lands. This benefit will be…

Trump FCC again puts industry interests over those of public safety, low-income Americans


This morning the FCC majority will approve an order that purports to address the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's remand in Mozilla v. FCC. The court ordered the FCC to address the impact of its Restoring Internet Freedom Order and specifically the Order’s reclassification of broadband Internet access service as an…

Sohn Praises Big, Bold and Bipartisan Subcommittee Report on Big Tech and Antitrust


Sohn Praises Big, Bold and Bipartisan Subcommittee Report on Big Tech and Antitrust Today Rep. David Cicilline, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law released a 450-page report on the increasing monopolization of digital markets by a handful of large tech companies. The report, which is…