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Bloomberg: Cable Firms Fear Being Left in Dust in Biden Broadband Quest


The Biden administration’s multitrillion-dollar infrastructure proposal includes $100 billion to bring high-speed broadband to every American, an idea that might be expected to win applause from those who provide the service. But cable companies such as Comcast Corp. and Charter Communications Inc. that connect about two-thirds of U.S. homes that have broadband service fear…

Washington Post: The Technology 202: Kamala Harris will lead the Biden Administration’s push to bring every American online


President Biden announced the Vice Presiden Harris would take the lead on the issue during his first address to a slimmed-down joint session of Congress, where he touted his proposal to create new jobs through investment in expanding Internet access. Biden said his Americans Jobs Plan, which includes $100 billion for…

Ars Technica: AT&T/Verizon workers’ union urges states to regulate ISPs as utilities


The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union is lobbying state governments to regulate Internet service providers as utilities. The CWA, which represents more than 150,000 workers at AT&T and over 30,000 at Verizon, announced on Monday a "multi-state effort to pass state legislation that would establish public utility commission oversight of broadband in public safety, network…

Vox Recode: Biden’s plan to fix America’s broken internet, briefly explained


President Biden’s $2 trillion American Jobs Plan infrastructure proposal used a broader definition of infrastructure than most people tend to associate with the word. It took on everything from roads, pipes, and electricity to climate change, union jobs, and inequality. It also provided $100 billion to America’s digital infrastructure, with a lofty…