Articles by S. Derek Turner

Public-interest watchdogging and new FCC leadership halted the waste of billions of broadband-subsidy funds.

Cable One — a broadband provider to 923,000 customers in 24 states — made some honest comments that should make regulators at the FCC sit up and take notice.

Lawmakers finally seem to be getting more concerned about the deepening crisis in local journalism. Here’s our look at the bills that have been proposed so far.

During the late 2010s, 21 rural Massachusetts towns voted to build their own fiber networks. A broken process from the Trump FCC nearly imperiled these networks.

Free Press COO Kimberly Longey organized a municipal project to bring fiber internet to her community. Now the FCC is endangering this network — and others.

Our look at a little corner of Western Massachusetts provides further proof that Pai’s attempt to close the digital divide is one of the most wasteful projects in agency history.

FCC Chairman Pai’s bungled effort to close the rural-broadband digital divide looks more and more like one of the most wasteful projects in FCC history.

While the FCC continues to ignore the plight of the urban poor, it’s giving Elon Musk nearly a billion in subsidies.

The FCC chairman has allowed money intended for underserved communities to subsidize the construction of gigabit networks in rich, densely populated neighborhoods.

Here are some basic facts to keep in mind as legislation to restore Net Neutrality moves ahead in Congress.