High-speed data connections, or broadband, are critical to the economy. Our work on broadband covers a wide range of topics, including the digital divide, wireline and wireless provision, spectrum, net neutrality, competition, and more.
Does Competition Between Cable and Fiber Increase Adoption?
Scott Wallsten
U.S. broadband policy has long emphasized the importance of facilities-based competition—competition among…
Net Neutrality, Veterans, and Telehealth: The Beginning of a Regulatory Morass?
Scott Wallsten
California’s net neutrality law, which a federal district court upheld in February, is…
Surprise! The FCC Has Been Collecting Broadband Price Data for Years
Scott Wallsten
It is conventional wisdom that the FCC is ignorant of broadband prices.…
You’ve Been Served: Defining Broadband as 100/100 is not 💯
Scott Wallsten
The pandemic has caused the U.S. to take seriously the question of…
Thomas Hazlett on Spectrum Policy
Scott Wallsten, Sarah Oh Lam and Thomas Hazlett
Two Think Minimum · Thomas Hazlett on Spectrum Policy Today, we are…
COVID-19 is Narrowing the Digital Divide
Scott Wallsten
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of broadband connections and the…
Gus Hurwitz on the Rural Digital Divide and Platforms
Sarah Oh Lam, Scott Wallsten and Gus Hurwitz
Two Think Minimum · Gus Hurwitz on the Rural Digital Divide and…
Comments Filed With the FCC: Define Objectives and Determine How to Measure Outcomes
TPI
WASHINGTON (January 26, 2021) – In a comment filed with the Federal…
Defining Objectives and Measuring Outcomes in the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
Sarah Oh Lam and Scott Wallsten
The FCC seeks public comment on how to distribute $3.2 billion in…
Using Reverse Auctions to Stretch Broadband Subsidy Dollars: Lessons from the Recovery Act of 2009
Sarah Oh Lam
Twelve years ago, the federal government awarded hundreds of grants for broadband…
