Gigi Sohn

About

Gigi Sohn is a Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy and a Benton Senior Fellow & Public Advocate. She is the host of the "Tech on the Rocks Podcast." Gigi sits on the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Gigi is one of the nation’s leading public advocates for open, affordable and democratic communications networks. For thirty years, Gigi has worked across the country to defend and preserve the fundamental competition and innovation policies that have made broadband Internet access more ubiquitous, competitive, affordable, open and protective of user privacy. Most recently,…

Media

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…

Posted on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 by Gigi Sohn

News

Vice Motherboard: AT&T’s Decision to Kill DSL Could Leave Millions Without Broadband

AT&T has quietly announced it has stopped selling digital subscriber line (DSL) broadband as of October 1. But while the company says the move will help it focus on delivering better options to U.S. consumers, a new report says these customers shouldn’t hold their breath. “Current DSL customers will be…

Posted on October 6, 2020October 7, 2020 by Kip Roderick

News

Medium: Breaching the Broadband Divide With Offline-First Capability

Broadband, or high speed internet, seems as essential to life since Covid-19 as oxygen: it’s how we work, interact with friends and families, educate our children, and receive medical care. For many, however, high-speed internet is either unavailable or unaffordable. According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 20–24 million Americans…

Posted on October 5, 2020October 7, 2020 by Kip Roderick

News

USA Today: AT&T shelving DSL may leave hundreds of thousands hanging by a phone line

One of America’s largest internet providers is uploading its oldest broadband technology into the sunset. On Oct. 1, AT&T stopped selling digital-subscriber-line connections, stranding many existing subscribers on those low-speed links and leaving new residents of DSL-only areas without any wired broadband. “We’re beginning to phase out outdated services like DSL…

Posted on October 3, 2020October 7, 2020 by Kip Roderick

News

Bloomberg: FCC, Broadcasters Get Top Court Hearing on Ownership Rules

The Supreme Court will consider letting the Federal Communications Commission ease limits on the ownership of local media outlets, agreeing to hear appeals from the broadcast industry and President Donald Trump’s administration in a fight that dates back almost two decades. The justices will review a federal appeals court decision…

Posted on October 2, 2020October 7, 2020 by Kip Roderick

News

Medium OneZero: Should Big Tech Whistleblowers Quit Their Jobs?

Whenever big tech employees protest their companies’ policies, there’s always a contingent of people who demand they leave their jobs. “Quit, you losers!,” one such critic said last month, speaking of whistleblowers at Facebook. “At this point working there shows you have no values.” Whether it’s Facebook employees standing up for…

Posted on October 1, 2020October 9, 2020 by Kip Roderick

News

National Journal: Democrats press FCC to release funds for remote learning.

Lawmakers are urging the commission to allow funds meant for schools and libraries to help students stuck at home without access to broadband. But the FCC says its hands are tied. More at National Journal.

Posted on September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 by Kip Roderick

News

National Journal: Crunch time for Section 230 reform

The weeks between now and the election will likely determine whether big tech’s treasured legal shield survives this moment unscathed—and things are so far looking good for Silicon Valley. More at National Journal.

Posted on September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 by Kip Roderick

Writing

Wired: Trump’s FCC Is Using Junk Data to Downplay Broadband Woes

You can't fix a problem you don’t understand, and it’s very clear that the Federal Communications Commission under Donald Trump doesn’t want to understand its failure to make affordable broadband available to all Americans. During a pandemic when Americans are forced to work, learn, and get their health care online, the…

Posted on September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 by Kip Roderick

News

Broadband Breakfast: Brendan Carr Thinks FCC Has Section 230 Authority, But Not Others at Communications Association Event

Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr was the odd man out in a conversation about Section 230 in that he actually believes that his agency has the authority to interpret the significant internet statute, he said. In a Thursday discussion hosted by the Federal Communications Bar Association, Avery Gardiner, senior fellow for competition, data,…

Posted on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 by Gigi Sohn

Posted on October 6, 2020October 7, 2020 by Kip Roderick

Posted on October 5, 2020October 7, 2020 by Kip Roderick

Posted on October 3, 2020October 7, 2020 by Kip Roderick

Posted on October 2, 2020October 7, 2020 by Kip Roderick

Posted on October 1, 2020October 9, 2020 by Kip Roderick

Posted on September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 by Kip Roderick

Posted on September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 by Kip Roderick

Posted on September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 by Kip Roderick

Posted on September 29, 2020September 30, 2020 by Kip Roderick