I invite you to read my The Roanoke Times article on the urgent need for #Congress to fund rural #broadband deployment, particularly amidst a protracted national #healthcare crisis when #telemedicine could greatly benefit many Americans bit.ly/3iWJRsX #pandemic #RuralAmerica

The #coronavirus pandemic has launched telehealth from a niche application to the very center of health care delivery, write Newton Minow and Rick Boucher. Congress should make sure it stays there. trib.al/sCjoxMu

Read my new The Boston Globe op-ed, co-authored with former #FCC Chair Newt Minow. Much of America lives in a #broadband-enabled world...there are no technological reasons to continue the strict limitations on Medicare reimbursement for #telemedicine services. bit.ly/2OtuLgB

Rather than service providers remaining middlemen tasked w/ collecting & disbursing #Lifeline program’s benefits, #FCC should establish easy-to-use, SNAP-like benefit that consumers can use to pay for #broadband or phone services that best meet their needs bit.ly/30sxsFY

Modernizing Lifeline would make the benefit more accessible to low-income Americans & would attract more carriers to participate, increasing competition & giving subsidy recipients greater choice. My new op-ed for Multichannel News: bit.ly/2SNInFA #FCC #digitaldivide #broadband

Fellow IIA chair Bruce Mehlman & I wrote about the ill-advised idea of #5G nationalization for @RollCall. There's bipartisan opposition to the #DoD's proposal for good reason: private sector-led innovation & deployment is vastly superior to government-led 5G: bit.ly/34hPMDF

.@BPMehlman & I wrote a Bloomberg Law Insight that underscores the importance of reaching #universalbroadband. Beyond the Emergency Broadband Benefit, a long-term solution is needed including USF reform, so the Lifeline program is effective, sustainable: bit.ly/3sDFDdH #Congress

I wrote an article for @RealClearPolicy on the federal program to make communications services affordable for low-income Americans. It's broken, but #Congress & the #FCC can & must fix it bit.ly/3qhlYOZ #Lifeline #broadband #digitaldivide #universalbroadband #homeworkgap

Reform the US low-income broadband program by rebuilding Lifeline tcrn.ch/3dmUDaV by Rick Boucher

I invite you to read my new article for TechCrunch. Rather than burn the #Lifeline program down, as the President Donald J. Trump's American Jobs Plan suggests, it’s time to rebuild it to ensure #broadband reaches America’s neediest: tcrn.ch/2QtzrY6 #infrastructure #Congress #FCC #tech

Key to achieving #broadbandequity is ensuring all Americans can afford service. It's time to modernize the #Lifeline Program by making it easier to participate, increasing the subsidy amount & updating the funding mechanism. #SubCommTech Energy & Commerce Democrats #digitaldivide #broadband

The best use of taxpayer dollars? First focus #broadband infrastructure spending on connecting all truly unserved areas, Americans without an internet connection that meets the current definition of broadband (25mbps download/3mbps upload). FSC #digitaldivide #Congress #FCC

From my new The Spokesman-Review op-ed: "Pres. Biden’s recently released infrastructure plan...is a unique opportunity for industry & longstanding national leaders on #broadband policy, such as Sen. Maria Cantwell, to work together & eliminate the #digitaldivide" bit.ly/2QC1iFW

It's of utmost importance that limited #broadband #infrastructure funding (taxpayer dollars) be prioritized to unserved areas, those without 25/3 connections. Details in my new article for @RealClearPolicy: bit.ly/3bUF8WH #digitaldivide #universalbroadband #Congress #FCC

It makes sense for the Amazons, Googles & Facebooks of the world to contribute to the Universal Service Fund, as they depend upon & benefit from Americans being online. My new article for CIO.com: bit.ly/3wq0SSN #digitaldivide #FCC #Congress #broadband #USF #Lifeline

How can lawmakers best allocate federal #broadband funding to close the #DigitalDivide? IIA's Rick Boucher, a 28-year congressman (D-Va) who chaired the subcommittee on Communications, Technology & Internet, lays out 3️⃣ guiding principles in a recent expert article for Broadcasting+Cable:

BOUCHER: "Time is of the essence. From enactment of the [bipartisan infrastructure] bill to the funding allocation process to #broadband buildout, delay now means it could be years before households in the digital dark are lit w/ broadband." bit.ly/2XMBEBm #FCC #Congress

Next Monday, September 13th at 10am ET, Jessica Rosenworcel will be joining the Internet Innovation Alliance Connected Roundtable for a discussion on the Emergency #Broadband Benefit Program. Details: bit.ly/38M2Rq3 #FCC #EBB #digitaldivide Joi Chaney Joint Center ALLvanza

IIA Co-Chair @BPMehlman/@TheHill: Room exists for constructive compromise, especially if Congress follows the core principles that powered 3 decades of American global #broadband policy leadership: tech neutrality, private sector leadership, bipartisanship bit.ly/3E3h3tf

In a few short months, the FCC & its volunteer outreach partners enrolled 5M+ households in the country’s largest broadband affordability program. Ready to chat about where we go from here and what we can all do to help get more families connected #BroadbandForAll