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Gigi Sohn

  • Distinguished Fellow, Georgetown Law Institute
Washington, D.C.
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Broadband, media, tech law & policy. Many hats. @Benton_Inst Sr Fellow, ED @AAPBroadband, @EFF Board Chair, G Squared Strategies, long-suffering Mets & Jets fan
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The Town BEAD Forgot

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By Gigi Sohn
| Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program “Benefit of the Bargain” round, sold as “technology neutral” and laser-focused on lowering costs, was neither a benefit nor a bargain for Lake Providence, the poorest parish in Louisiana. A $6 million fiber award became a $150,000 award to satellite Internet provider Starlink.
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Gigi Sohn: The Town BEAD Forgot

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By Gigi Sohn
| Broadband Breakfast Verified
I’m a Washington, D.C. communications policy wonk. I spend my days arguing in the abstract about the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program. Earlier this month, in the far northeastern corner of Louisiana, I saw what those abstractions look like in reality. It isn’t pretty. The town is Lake Providence, the parish seat of East Carroll Parish. Time Magazine called it “The Poorest Place in America” in the 1990s.
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What EFF Needs in a New Executive Director

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By Gigi Sohn, EFF Board
| EFF
By Gigi Sohn, Chair, EFF Board of Directors With the impending departure of longtime, renowned, and beloved Executive Director Cindy Cohn, EFF and leadership advisory firm Russell Reynolds Associates have developed a profile for her successor. While Cindy is irreplaceable, we hope that everyone who knows and loves EFF will help us find our next leader. First and foremost, we are looking for someone who’ll meet this pivotal moment in EFF’s history.
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