What the COVID Crisis Teaches Us About Broadband Policy, With Larry Downes and Blair Levin

The COVID-induced isolation economy has demonstrated just how
important broadband networks are for work, learning, and
entertainment. But it has also highlighted important gaps, such
as the rural divide and the “homework divide,” that government
policy can play a role in filling. Rob and Jackie discuss these
issues with broadband and IT experts Larry Downes, a senior
industry and innovation fellow at Georgetown University’s Center
for Business & Public Policy, and Blair Levin, a nonresident
senior fellow with the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program and
prior director of the 2010 National Broadband Plan.


Mentioned:


Blair Levin and Larry Downes, “The Internet After COVID-19:
Will We Mind the Gaps?” (Aspen Institute, April 15, 2020).

Larry Downes and Paul Nunes, Big Bang Disruption: Strategy In
The Age Of Devastating Innovation, (Portfolio, 2014).

Federal Communications Commission, The National Broadband
Plan, March 17, 2010.

Doug Brake, “A U.S. National Strategy for 5G and Future
Wireless Innovation” (ITIF, April 2020).