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Gigi Sohn
@gigibsohn
All things broadband, media, tech law & policy. Lots of hats. @Benton_Inst Senior Fellow, @AAPBroadband ED, Affordable Broadband Campaign, G Squared Strategies
May 6, 2021 • 9 tweets • 12 min read
So tired of @lawandeconomics argument that poor people just don't want #broadband & we don't know why. Why don't more people participate in #Lifeline? Maybe bc the subsidy is tiny & the Trump @FCC did its level best to make it hard to get. wired.com/story/opinion-…. #SubCommTech @lawandeconomics @FCC I also invite anybody to go to their local library & wait a few hours to use the computers with free Internet access. #SubCommTech
May 6, 2021 • 5 tweets • 10 min read
Looking forward to hearing fr @ChrisJ_Lewis @FranOchillo & @joitweets talk about how gov't can foster digital equity - both in affordability & availability at today's @EnergyCommerce hearing at 11:30. WATCH: energycommerce.house.gov/committee-acti… #SubCommTech @ChrisJ_Lewis @FranOchillo @joitweets @EnergyCommerce Special thanks to @FrankPallone @USRepMikeDoyle & the amazing @EnergyCommerce staff for keeping focus on #broadband affordability & how 2 ensure that low-income residents get robust high speed service.
Feb 25, 2021 • 10 tweets • 12 min read
Super disappointed in this #netneutrality column by @ShiraOvide feat @ceciliakang. It misses the mark badly in so many ways. nytimes.com/2021/02/25/tec… @ShiraOvide @ceciliakang 2 focus on the no blocking, throttling & discrimination mandates really is seeing half the story. What the Trump @FCC did in 2017, in addition 2 repealing the #netneutrality rules, was to abdicate its legal authority 2 protect consumers & competition in the #broadband market.
Dec 21, 2020 • 18 tweets • 13 min read
Thread re: $7B for #broadband in the COVID-19 bill. Still waiting on the final bill (computer & printer problems, I'm told), but the breakdown is something like this:
1) $32B for $50 ($75 for tribal lands) monthly emergency bb benefit; 2) $1B for deployment on tribal lands 1/ 3) $250M 4 telehealth; 4) $65M 4 #broadband mapping; 5) $300M grant program 4 bb in rural areas; 6) $2B for "rip & replace" (removing Chinese made equipment & replacing w. something more secure; 7) $285M for a "Connecting Minorities Community Fund," 2 expand bb in near HBCUs. 2/
Dec 21, 2020 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
BIG NEWS!!!! The COVID-19 relief bill that Congress has agreed on has $7B for #broadband, including $3.2 for a monthly $50 "emergency broadband benefit" 4 low-income households & the recently unemployed. My statement: gigisohn.com/media/sohn-che… I wrote about the #broadband benefit for CNN.com in September. cnn.com/2020/09/09/per…. I'm shocked & delighted that it made it into the bill - was not expecting it.