How to Fix the Universal Service Fund
The Universal Service Fund (USF) spends about $8 billion a year on…
Broadband
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.
How to Leverage Alternative Data Sources To Refine Broadband Availability Maps
A recent story in the Texas Tribune discussed how Texas’s broadband map…
Do broadband subsidies for schools improve students’ performance? Evidence from Florida.
Studies exploring the relationship between technology in the classroom and students’ outcomes…
Spectrum Economics Primer
TPI Senior Fellow Sarah Oh Lam just finished recording a series of video…
FCC Map Update Includes Big Changes in Hawaii and Illinois Availability Estimates, Modestly Affects Estimate of BEAD Funding Distribution
The FCC recently pushed out a small update to its new mapping…
Broadband Prices Mostly Stable Last Year
I know I speak for everyone, without exception, when I say how…
The TPI Broadband Connectivity Index for 2022, First Half
Last year, we introduced a tool called the Broadband Connectivity Index (BCI)…