Why NC Broadband Matters

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A Project of NC Broadband Matters

Episodes

  1. 01/07/2022

    What All this Giant Federal Money Means from a Practical Perspective

    In this podcast, Chris Mitchell of the Institute for L [...]

  2. 10/10/2021

    Digital Inclusion Thrives on Collaboration

    Join Chris Mitchell for another NC Broadband Matters podcast, this time featuring Christa Vinson, Program Officer for the Rural Broadband and Infrastructure program at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and Amy Huffman, Policy Director at the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA). Christa is NC Broadband Matters immediate past President, and Amy played a critical role while at the NC Broadband Infrastructure office leading the state’s Homework Gap analysis and the NC Band Digital Equity Plan effort with the Institute for Emerging Issues. Christa and Amy discuss how Digital Inclusion and Digital Equity are finally being recognized at the national level, through both funding and policy mandates, while being seen as key components of workforce training and economic development. Underneath the growing explosion of these digital training programs – collaboration.

  3. 05/13/2021

    How to Cope with the Tsunami of Broadband Funding Options

    This podcast with Chris Mitchell of the Institute for [...]

  4. 02/24/2021

    Why Can’t North Carolina’s Broadband Policies Mirror Arkansas?

    Erin and Chris discuss solutions, including how local businesses, hospitals, faith-based and educational leaders in our communities must make loud their public voices that North Carolina’s Republicans need to help solve the state’s broadband problem in this COVID environment the way the Arkansas Republicans just did.

  5. 12/18/2020

    BAND NC – Banding Together to Remove NC’s Digital Divide

    “This is not your fault. It is not your fault that you [...]

  6. 11/18/2020

    AUDIO of NC Broadband Matters Nov 17 Webinar: the UPLOAD Crisis

    Average home upload usage grew 58% in the last year. Wh [...]

  7. 08/11/2020

    AUDIO of NC Broadband Matters August 10 Webinar: Next Steps in Broadband Planning with Land of Sky Regional Council and Southwestern Commission

    We bring our broadband planning discussion to the west [...]

  8. 07/22/2020

    Episode 10: Doug Dawson on How COVID-19 Widened the Rural Broadband Divide and What this Tells us For Our Future

    “People in the rural areas are not working from home be [...]

  9. 06/01/2020

    AUDIO of NC Broadband Matters June 1st Webinar: From Vision to Action-How to Find Private Partners and Funding

    This is a 90 minute audiotape of NC Broadband Matters J [...]

  10. 06/01/2020

    Episode 09: Legislative History of H129: Part 2 – How H129 Came About and the Lessons it Teaches

    In Part 2 of this NC Broadband Matters webinar, Jack Co [...]

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About

A Project of NC Broadband Matters

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  • Creator
    NC Hearts Gigabit
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2022
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2019 NC Hearts Gigabit
  • Show Website
    Why NC Broadband Matters