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The History of the Future of E-rate

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As an op-ed in The Washington Post put it , “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” Certainly in the 1990s , when E-rate was introduced, its goal was to address this very issue – “the digital divide.”

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The Politics of Education Technology

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” “Net neutrality,” a term coined in 2003 by Columbia University law professor Tim Wu, is the principle that all Internet traffic – regardless of source or content or user – should be treated equally. .” In March, the FCC approved a $9.25 One alternative: Facebook-as-Internet.