By Jonathan Spalter Let it be said that the Biden administration’s $100 billion investment in broadband infrastructure was a bold proposal to permanently close the digital divide and deliver affordable connectivity for every home, school, hospital and business in America. But tucked away in the plan — presumably, to justify…

By Jonathan Spalter Last week I had the privilege of testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee on the state of broadband during the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency. I shared with senators the extraordinary steps USTelecom’s innovative broadband providers and technology leaders are taking to keep citizens connected and the…

By Jonathan Spalter When the COVID-19 pandemic began compelling widespread workplace and school closures across the country, there was some speculation the atypical traffic demands would crash, clog or otherwise overwhelm American broadband networks. Networks in some European countries had already shown significant increases in usage following movements to quarantine…

By Jonathan Spalter The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a national challenge to our society, our economy and the infrastructure that undergirds it. As CEO of USTelecom | The Broadband Association, I am proud to report on behalf of our members, and their dedicated employees, that the nation remains well-connected while…

By Jonathan Spalter California’s landmark privacy law is set to go into effect on January 1. …

By Jonathan Spalter Three things you can count on: death, taxes and Washington’s seemingly endless ping pong of a debate over net neutrality. It has been nearly two years since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal the old-school regulations that classified today’s internet like a Depression-era utility. This…

By Jonathan Spalter Our nation’s broadband providers — large and small — collectively have invested far more (and for far longer) than any other sector to connect rural America and address one of the most critical challenges facing our country: ensuring every person in the nation has access to the…

By Jonathan Spalter USTelecom launched our initiative to revolutionize broadband mapping nationwide in March. We answered the call from regulators, lawmakers and the consumers we serve rightfully demanding better tools to improve the allocation of federal broadband dollars and make progress ending the digital divide — especially in rural America. …

By Jonathan Spalter With passage today of the Save the Internet Act, the net neutrality story morphs from a debate about the right set of rules governing internet service in a hyper-connected world to a proxy battle pitting so-called internet freedom advocates against the innovators that invest in, and the…