The Divide: Carol Mattey on BEAD hope and hysteria, and stalled USF reform
About this episode
Carol Mattey discusses the revised BEAD plans and the challenges facing the Universal Service Fund reform.
This week: Former FCC official Carol Mattey joins the podcast to discuss the outcome of states' revised BEAD plans and what's next, as well as why she's not optimistic the Universal Service Fund will be reformed anytime soon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Guest: Carol Mattey
Topics covered
- BEAD plans
- Universal Service Fund
- FCC
- telecommunications
- policy reform
Keywords
- BEAD
- Universal Service Fund
- FCC
- Carol Mattey
- telecommunications reform
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: FCC, Universal Service Fund, Acast
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