Internet Innovation Alliance

✍️Congressman Rick Allen in The Washington Times:

The Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act "lacked necessary reforms to address the permitting and processing delays that are hampering deployment in our communities": https://bit.ly/3Bwzbf0

"After using Zoom for the last couple years, 25 powerful female leaders gathered to talk about how women drive community improvement and that now is the time for them to throw their weight behind the push to connect every American to the internet...I was honored to lead this dynamic group of women in discussion and treasured toasting to broadband internet for all…18 years after the Internet Innovation Alliance was born with that very mission."

IIA Connected Roundtable: A Toast to Broadband Internet for All - Internet Innovation Alliance The Internet Innovation Alliance kicked off the fall with a continuation of our Connected Roundtable series, a salon luncheon dubbed the “T-Hive Tech Talk.” After using Zoom for...

"The time has finally come to require Silicon Valley giants to share an infinitesimal slice of their enormous profits to close the digital divide."

Read IIA Co-Chair Kim Keenan's new opinion piece for Multichannel News to learn more!

Senate Should Vote to End Big Tech's Free Ride on Universal Service Why it’s time for Congress to compel edge providers to do their bit to close the digital divide

✍️ IIA Co-Chair Bruce Mehlman for Fortune:

"If the great buildout is to succeed, policymakers need to understand that appropriating the money is not the end, but merely the end of the beginning. Only by partnering with private sector leaders, learning from local residents, and prioritizing bureaucratic flexibility over partisan ideology will we realize the objective."

This is America's broadband moment. Don't screw it up One of the best attributes of the United States–its rich diversity in geography and demography–is less great when it comes to federal infrastructure.