Panelist, "Expanding Broadband in Rural America," Webinar

The pandemic has highlighted the digital divide between urban and rural areas, with many remote and indigenous communities having limited or no broadband access. In this series, infrastructure practice and key industry stakeholders shared their latest insights and experiences in solving the broadband infrastructure gap. 

DWT partner K.C. Halm took part in this interdisciplinary panel to share perspectives on the different models that federal, state and local governments are using to strengthen America's connectivity. The panelists explored a number of relevant points including availability payment and revenue risk, public-private partnerships, auctions for subsidy funding, and tagging broadband on to other infrastructure projects such as highways and street lighting.