<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Included in today's speakers are Roberto Gallardo & Brian Whitacre whose <a href="https://pcrd.purdue.edu/files/media/008-A-Look-at-Broadband-Access-Providers-and-Technology.pdf">recent analysis</a> of FCC's Form 477 data revealed "digital deserts' - five million US residents in 2.2 million housing units had access to no broadband providers whatsoever.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><u></u>
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ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 2pm EDT (18:00 UTC) the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) resumes its monthly Practical Broadband Conversations series after a summer break. September's topic is 'Measuring the Econo" </span>
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