The FCC’s E-rate reforms should recognize that digital...

The FCC’s E-rate reforms should recognize that digital learning not only requires a broadband connection to each school, but also the infrastructure within the school that can deliver the bandwidth and technology that meet each classroom’s needs, Comcast told agency officials Tuesday, an ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/1miTRcv). The majority of connections to that infrastructure likely will be through Wi-Fi enabled devices, and as a result, Wi-Fi will be an “important component of delivering broadband access to classrooms,” Comcast said. The ISP expressed its “firm belief” that broadband Internet connectivity at school “must be complemented by broadband access at home if Americans are to gain the full educational benefits of the Internet.” Comcast touted its Internet Essentials program, which provides low-cost access to low-income Americans at home, “most for the very first time."