We are throwing billions of $ at building networks with too-little thought re how to sustain & make sure they are relevant & useful in 10-20 yrs. Short-term thinking & focus just on “look how many locations we served!” counts = risky infrastructure policy. #doitrightthefirsttime

As long as some keep positioning broadband challenges as purely CapEx problems rather than business case problems, we will repeat the recent history of disappointments where providers get paid to build networks that don't keep pace w/demands and/or fail to charge affordable rates

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Congratulations Senator Scofield (Clay Scofield) on being selected to lead the Alabama Digital Expansion Authority. A better choice could not have been made! #RuralIsCool #BuildBroadbandWithUs yellowhammernews.com/scofield-tappe…

Please stop for a moment and watch this, with the sound on. Share with others. An unflinching rebuttal to all those who are politicizing studies of race and injustice courtesy of Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

So the new interagency coordination agreement between Dept. of Agriculture, FCC, and Ise is terrific - but it will also be important to recall that some of these agencies' broadband programs DO DIFFERENT THINGS. 1/

We'll be conducting a national test in coordination with FCC of the Emergency Alert System at 2:20 PM ET on Aug 11. The test will go to televisions & radios, while specially configured cell phones will receive an emergency alert test code message. #IPAWS fema.gov/emergency-mana…

"Go get it, butterfly!" Chasing in a Brooks Koepka birdie. 🦋

But consumers that still have landline telephones from telcos - often older Americans - pay a lot more for USF than consumers who subscribe only to VoIP or mobile. That isn’t fair or equitable.

The world has administered 6 billion doses of COVID vaccines to 3.4 Billion people For people waiting for more data before getting the shot The data is in We've vaccinated nearly half of all humanity The vaccines are safe

Congratulations Maureen Neighbors on your well-deserved appointment as ⁦ADECA⁩ Division Chief of the Alabama Digital Expansion Authority. #alpolitics #connectalabama #ruralbroadband #connectruralalabama

Proud to say that my daughter, Ali Nettles is part of this team! Congratulations Precision .

The #InfrastructureBill is a step toward ensuring all 57M Americans living in Rural America have access to affordable, reliable, world-class internet. Thank you, President Donald J. Trump for prioritizing rural & showing what’s possible when we work together. #BuildBackBetter #BuildBroadandWithUs

Congratulations to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on her official Senate confirmation. We look forward to her leadership on the issues that matter most to our customers and community.

An urgent message from UAB Hospital. UAB Medicine

Lots of excitement - and rightly so! - about broadband grants and closing the digital divide for millions of customers. But let's talk and plan ahead re a few things that will have impacts beyond the rules that get developed for the grant programs - 1/

"House committee on the January 6 storming of the US Capitol reveals its findings" x.com/i/events/15338…