Kristian Stout quoted in StateScoop on modernizing broadband policy and the role of low-Earth-orbit satellites
Kristian Stout, ICLE Director of Innovation Policy, was quoted in a Statescoop article discussing a new report by New America and ICLE that calls on states to update broadband subsidy programs and embrace low-Earth-orbit satellite internet as a practical alternative for expanding access. Read the full report here.
The report from New America’s Wireless Future and the International Center for Law and Economics, evaluates the policies and challenges to expanding the use of LEO satellite internet, and urges policymakers to update regulations governing satellite. The report, created by the groups’ independent LEO Policy Working Group, states that while advances in LEO technology promise improvement in service and reliability, they explain in a news release that its “full potential is currently hamstrung by outdated, burdensome, and overly restrictive licensing systems.”