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.
Let’s Interpret Broadband Data Together!
Scott Wallsten
In June 2021, Consumer Reports (CR) released the results of a nationally…
Using an Index to Target Broadband Subsidies: A Florida Example
Scott Wallsten
Recently, I detailed the Broadband Connectivity Index we are building into the…
TPI’s Broadband Connectivity Index
Scott Wallsten
Any single broadband dataset is likely to give an incomplete view of…
How not to waste $45 billion in broadband subsidies
Gregory L. Rosston and Scott Wallsten
KY, LA, and Some Tribal Areas Lead Early Uptake of Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
Scott Wallsten
The Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) Program is in its tenth week. This…
Where are E-Rate dollars going? Introducing E-Rate Intelligence
TPI
WASHINGTON (June 3, 2021) The FCC’s E-Rate program can provide up to…
New Study by TPI Senior Fellow John Horrigan Examines How Newly Connected Low Income Households Perceive and Use Broadband
TPI
In his latest paper, TPI Senior Fellow John Horrigan examines the role…
Access and Impacts: Exploring how internet access at home and online training shape people’s online behavior and perspectives about their lives
John Horrigan
Internet access for Americans has taken on new urgency since the pandemic.…
Shane Greenstein on Innovation, the Internet Age, and the Future (Two Think Minimum)
Scott Wallsten, Sarah Oh Lam and Shane Greenstein
Two Think Minimum · Shane Greenstein on Innovation, the Internet Age, and…
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…