Internet Access

Trump Administration Releases Rural Broadband Strategy

Officials estimate that 24 million people in the United States can't get broadband internet service. Eighty percent of those people live in rural areas.

  • By Laura Maggi

Who Wins When Cash Is No Longer King?

It won’t be the poor.

  • By Sidney Fussell, The Atlantic

Congress Races to the Finish Line Amid Shutdown Threat

The Senate passed lots of tech-centric bills and set the stage for next year’s privacy debate.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Farm Bill Expands Rural Broadband Funding

But some remain concerned that the money will not get to many places that need it to expand access.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

5G Is Actually Going To Become a Thing in 2019

It’s totally just around the corner.

  • By Mike Murphy, Quartz

Microsoft Is On Its Way to Bringing Internet to 3 Million People in Rural America by 2022

The software company is expanding its work into 10 more U.S. states.

  • By Mike Murphy, Quartz

DISA Outlines Plans to Wall Off the Public Internet

The agency extended the deadlines for vendors to submit white papers for the cloud-based system.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Google Employees Stand With Amnesty International In Condemning Google

The tech company is moving forward with its plans to create a censored search engine in China

  • By Aisha Hassan, Quartz

The Father of the Internet Wants to Save the Web From Itself

Can the Internet change?

  • By Jane C. Hu, Quartz

Everything You Need To Know About 5G

Here’s a quick primer.

  • By Jane C. Hu, Quartz

Russian Intel Chief: Internet Should Be Controlled By ‘Proper Authorities’

The FSB says it’s trying to curb extremism online — but it’s also muting foreign and dissenting voices.

  • By Patrick Tucker, Defense One

Eliminating Tech Tribalism in Government

Are public sector agencies ready take tech collaboration to the next level? Our survey says government officials want to, but don’t know where to start.

  • By Mitch Herckis

Lawmakers Go to School on Wi-Fi and Urge Online Privacy Rights

The Senate also finally passed a bill to change the name of DHS’ cybersecurity agency.

  • By Joseph Marks and Jack Corrigan

Senators, Providers Criticize ‘Unpredictable’ FCC Funding for Rural Broadband

“Cutting [Universal Service Fund] support cuts the legs out of the business case for rural broadband in many places,” said one telecom CEO.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

Broadband Access Lags on Tribal Lands, Study Finds

More than a third of Americans residing on tribal land lack high-speed internet access.

  • By Kate Elizabeth Queram

Seattle Prepares to Challenge FCC Over ‘Misguided’ 5G Order

Other cities are expected to join the effort.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

The Web Is Broken, So Its Founder Is Taking Another Stab at It

Tim Berners-Lee believes people should control their own data.

  • By Thu-Huong Ha, Quartz

FCC Approves New Rule To Limit Local Authority In 5G Rollout

Proponents said the order will insure that delivery of faster wireless service occurs in more areas more quickly, but a key opponent called it “extraordinary federal overreach.”

  • By Dave Nyczepir

Silicon Valley’s Internet of the Future is Just as Censored as China’s Firewall

Will the internet’s town square be like Tiananmen Square?

  • By An Xiao Mina, Quartz

DHS Needs to Define Network Disruptions Before It Can Fight Them

Agencies have different definition of what an outage is and that matters.

  • By Jack Corrigan