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The Benton Institute for Broadband & Society updates our call for a new, national broadband plan in Broadband for America Now.

benton.org/publications/b…

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Benton Institute ED Adrianne Furniss (@FurnissAB): “We must start addressing at-home internet access as a civil rights emergency in need of a comprehensive solution. We ask for Broadband for America Now since our current crises demand it.”

Full Remarks: benton.org/blog/america-n…

In Oct 2019, we said that connecting our entire nation through High-Performance Broadband is the key to us reaching for —and achieving—the American Dream in the 2020s.

We did not know that the world would change, permanently, with the spread of #COVID19, nor how poignantly our digital divides would be revealed—and deepened.

Now we know we can’t wait to make universal and affordable High-Performance Broadband a reality. We need it now.

Over the past year @JonSallet has been involved in a broad conversation, bringing together diverse perspectives to craft a national broadband agenda.

Ideas formed around four building blocks of better broadband policy: 1) Digital Equity, 2) High-Performance Broadband Network Deployment, 3) Competition in Local Broadband Markets, and 4) Community Anchor Institutions.

We are thankful for so many of our collaborators: @ygetachew2, @doughlasharris99, @DKLinn, @SamSchartman, @NCLC4consumers, @FranOchillo, @NextCentCit, @JoshEdmonds216, @angelasiefer, @netinclusion, @km_dwit, @PewStates, @pewtrusts, @JohnBHorrigan, @MignonClyburn, @larry_irving,

@SHLBCoalition, @gigibsohn, @tewheels @joannehovis, @Ali_Christopher, @AIPInstitute

Happy Reading!

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