Publications: Joe Kane

We cannot close the digital divide without identifying its causes and tailoring policy interventions to prioritize its largest causes and wind down policies that address issues that are no longer substantial problems. Therefore, NTIA should tailor and deepen the survey’s ability to track the causes of the digital divide and define the characteristics of broadband that bridges that divide.

WRC-27 is an opportunity for the United States to advance global space and spectrum policies that promote productivity and innovation, build support for American priorities, and counter foreign efforts to undermine U.S. leadership in space and terrestrial wireless communications.

Pew’s proposed broadband policies put government subsidies and mandates ahead of private investment, competition, and innovation which risks higher costs and worse outcomes for consumers.

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Commission seek to protect consumers from unwanted robocalls. The petition would undermine these protections by opening the floodgates to unwanted political robocalls. It would also create an exemption based on the content of the calls.

The benefits of NGSO systems are likely even greater in other countries than they are in the United States. The United States should lead the way to maximize the benefits of NGSOs around the world and bring other countries along with it.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr argues that broadcast content regulation is justified by the government’s role in allocating scarce spectrum. But the historical and technical distinctions he draws between broadcasting and other media do not justify subjecting broadcast speech to lesser First Amendment protection.

The Commission should lean into technological advancements that have made Intercarrier Compensation and the Connect America Fund unnecessary, not delay at the expense of consumers.

Rather than building on the crumbled foundation of the scarcity-rationale cases, the Commission should unwind all content-based regulations within its control, send the signal the Supreme Court invited that the underpinnings of the scarcity rationale are defunct, and decline to defend unconstitutional enforcement actions.

NextNav’s proposal for the FCC to unilaterally grant it greater rights at the expense of other users of the 900 MHz band is not in the public interest.

New York City’s broadband report cherry-picks outdated data to make the case for government-owned networks, but its own evidence shows competition is strong and affordability challenges require targeted support—not more infrastructure mandates.