How to Expand Broadband

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February 9, 2021

1:00 PM

Expanding broadband seems to be on everyone’s perennial policy wish list. And while much has been done in the last year by both government and the private sector to connect people, the pandemic made clear that more action at the federal level is needed to ensure everyone can get online.Third Way’s Gabe Horwitz hosted a special briefing to explore what it takes to connect everyone to broadband and what improvements are needed to help people access education, health care, jobs, and more. He’s joined by:

• Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, Director, Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings
• Shirley Bloomfield, Chief Executive Officer, NTCA–The Rural BroadbandAssociation
• Blair Levin, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings
• Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban