Promoting Broadband for Anchor Institutions
and their Communities
"Two new bills could put a dent in technology’s ‘homework gap’" March 16, 2021
Date: March 16, 2021
Outlet: Fast Company
Written By: Rob Pegoraro
Excerpt: "John Windhausen Jr., executive director of the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition, a Washington advocacy nonprofit, made the same point about providing hardware as well as connectivity. He also urged the FCC to interpret the new Emergency Connectivity Funding broadly to allow schools and libraries to use not just Wi-Fi but unlicensed, phone-compatible spectrum to share their bandwidth."
Original Posting: https://www.fastcompany.com/90614957/american-rescue-plan-broadband-subsidy