The Divide: BroadbandNow's Tyler Cooper on what research reveals about US broadband barriers

This week: Tyler Cooper, editor-in-chief of consumer advocacy group BroadbandNow, on what research reveals about broadband affordability, BEAD barriers and more.

Nicole Ferraro, Editor, host of 'The Divide' podcast

May 2, 2023

At a Glance

  • The biggest remaining barriers to closing the digital divide in the US (02:10)
  • Why household income is a "strong predictor" of broadband prices (11:24)
  • BroadbandNow's research into BEAD challenges posed by FCC maps (15:15) and municipal broadband bans (21:35)

This episode features Tyler Cooper, editor-in-chief of the consumer advocacy group BroadbandNow. We discuss BroadbandNow's research into the digital divide in the US, including where things have and have not improved, what the group has learned about Internet affordability, and the group's warnings on potential hurdles with the federal government's Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.

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About the Author

Nicole Ferraro

Editor, host of 'The Divide' podcast, Light Reading

Nicole covers broadband, policy and the digital divide. She hosts The Divide on the Light Reading Podcast and tracks broadband builds in The Buildout column. Some* call her the Broadband Broad (*nobody).

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