Broadband for All Americans — AT&T External Affairs (November 19, 2021)
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- 2021 11 19 A29274 D236675 Att Telecomunications Role In Expanding Internet Access
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A slide presentation titled Broadband for All Americans, dated November 19, 2021, prepared by AT&T External Affairs. The slides state that internet traffic jumped 27% at the height of the pandemic and that many rural and low-income families lack needed internet access. They present statistics on wireless-only households and wireless use, attributed to sources such as the National Center for Health Statistics. A slide on a holistic framework to bridge the digital divide lists congressional funding, including $360B in American Rescue Plan Act funding, $42.5B in broadband infrastructure funding and a $3.2B Emergency Broadband Benefit. The final slide sets out recommendations for state policymakers on broadband infrastructure funding legislation.
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Broadband for
All Americans
Carl Gipson, External Affairs
November 19, 2021
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America’s broadband networks met the
challenge of the pandemic . . .
. . . but also highlighted the digital divide,
showing that those not connected are at a
significant disadvantage.
Internet traffic jumped 27% at the height of the
pandemic* but the country’s broadband networks
rose to the challenge.
*Source: USTelecom
However, many rural and low-income families
don’t have the internet access they need to work
and learn.
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Rapid Growth In Wireless Data Use
• The way we use cell phones has changed
• 4 in 5 adults ages 18-34 live in households that are
wireless only.*
• 4 in 5 adults living in rented homes are wireless only.*
• Hispanic adults are more likely than non-Hispanic adults
to live in wireless-only households.*
• Adults with family incomes below the federal poverty
threshold are more likely than higher income families to
live in wireless-only households.*
• 80%+ of 911 calls are from wireless devises**
• Wireless Devices Are Essential
• Work
• School
• Family
Data Provided by AT&T
* Per the
3 National Center for Health Statistics, Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, July-December 2020, Released August 2021
** NENA, The 9-1-1 Association: https://www.nena.org/page/911Statistics
Importance of Ubiquitous Wireless Connections
• 95% of Americans own a cellphone and 77% own a smartphone. 1
• More than 62% of American households rely on wireless as their primary
means of communication. 2
• The number of mobile subscribers in the U.S. has increased by more that
4x since 1999 (+323.8%)
• Public Safety: 80% of all 911 calls originate from cell phones. 3
• Economic Development: 98% of small businesses rely on wireless
technology. 4
• Residents use smartphones, tablets, laptops at home—all drive the need
for reliable and expanded connectivity
• 5G technology will help us connect more devices faster, enable lower
latency, increase battery life and handle more data.
1. http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheet/mobile/
2. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/wireless201605.pdf
3. https://www.nena.org/page/911Statistics
4. https://about.att.com/innovationblog/2019/01/restaurant_industry_5g_updates.html
5. https://smallbiztrends.com/2013/05/small-business-use-wireless.html
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AT&T recommends a holistic framework to bridge the digital divide
Congressional actions to date
Establish and make Fund broadband service Support digital equity &
permanent deployment adoption
low-income broadband Target funding to ensure that all Americans have Enable flexible, locally-targeted programs
universally robust internet service addressing barriers to adoption among people
benefit ENACTED: $360B American Rescue Plan Act
who aren’t online
Help people who have limited financial resources funding that states and local governments may PENDING: $2.75B Digital Equity Grant funding
to afford internet service direct to broadband infrastructure for states, to promote digital equity, support
digital inclusion, and foster greater adoption of
ENACTED: $3.2B Emergency Broadband Benefit Enacted: $42.5B broadband infrastructure
broadband
funding $50/month benefit ($75/month Tribal) deployment funding to states, to create own
during pandemic for eligible households. 6.6M grant programs
household participating as of 10/17/21
PENDING: $14.2B permanent Affordable
Connectivity Program funding $30/month
benefit for eligible households
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In broadband infrastructure funding legislation,
State policymakers should…
• Future-proof deployments • Utilize competitive • Incentivize private sector • Rely on existing mapping
to extent possible processes, like RFPs investment & innovation resources
• Encourage customized proposals • Realize the greatest taxpayer
• Promote funding for faster value at the least taxpayer risk • Utilize limited state funds for
tailored to a community’s unique
speeds, including fiber needs deployment and adoption
• The private sector is best programs, not mapping
deployments positioned financially and
• Accommodates a range of technically to deploy broadband
• To ensure all people have robust proposals, including large-scale efficiently, and to make ongoing • The FCC is hard at work
proposals that can get service to investments and pro-consumer implementing new,
service, require the use of more consumer locations most service improvements
technologies capable of achieving congressionally-mandated
efficiently and expeditiously • Proven track record of innovation
speeds of 100/20 Mbps service; broadband maps, but they may
and investment ($1.9T since
and • Facilitates participation by all 1996; $79B in 2020 alone). not be ready for ARPA deadlines
providers, including those with Result: Prices have dropped for
• Encourage funding for projects the expertise, financial capability, all speed tiers while speeds have • Because any state maps will
and proven experience continued to increase quickly be superseded by the FCC
that would deploy fiber to the successfully deploying retail
premises (≥ 100/100 Mbps internet service
• (Source: USTelecom) maps, using existing broadband
service), where feasible maps, no matter how imperfect,
will result in faster deployments
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