Here's why cell service is so spotty near LongmontFederal cellular signal threshholds to support a research site are behind lagging service in southwest Longmont and nearby parts of Boulder County.Boulder Daily Camera20h agoWhole story →EducationTechnologycell service disruption
Colorado school districts ask FCC to keep internet programColorado education officials are calling on the Trump administration to keep the FCC's E-Rate, a federal program that helps school districts connect to the internet at discounted rates.The Denver Post1d agoWhole story →EducationTechnologye rate program review
Democratic Prosecutors Subpoena Oil Industry for Decades of Private Communications With Industry and Conservative Groups: Dark Money Fuels New War on OilDemocratic prosecutors in Hawaii filed an unexpected subpoena over the summer against the American Petroleum Institute (API), the nation's largest oil industry trade group, demanding a trove of climate change-related documents and correspondence with 225 entities, including media outlets, academic institutions, conservative advocacy groups, business…Washington Free Beacon1d agoWhole story →EconomyPlanet
FCC considering changes, possibly ending, program that offers discounted internet to schools, librariesA federal program that has paid out billions of dollars to local schools and libraries to offset the cost of internet service is in danger of being curtailed or even eliminated, leaving district administrators and library officials concerned about how they would bridge the financial gap. The E-Rate program, overseenPittsburgh Tribune-Review3d agoWhole story →BuildEducatione rate program review
Trump has promoted AI in education. His FCC may end school internet subsidies.Like many parents, Arielle Roth has concerns about her children’s screen time at school. But unlike her peers, she’s in a position to influence the issue at nearly every school in America. Roth heads an obscure federal agency within the Commerce Department that serves as the president’s top policy adviser on telecommunications issues. In thatABC17News.com3d agoWhole story →EducationTechnologye rate program review
