City and state leaders in Cleveland have announced a series of sizable investments into a major project that will expand broadband to residents across the city. Joshua Edmonds, the CEO of DigitalC, the city’s choice for internet connectivity, joins us to discuss the efforts.

On this episode of Beyond the Cable we sit down with Hilda Legg, who has spent a lifetime fighting for rural connectivity in Kentucky. She shares some of her thoughts on the Affordable Connectivity Program, which is due to run out of funding in April.

Dr. Christopher Ali, a professor of telecommunications at Penn State, joins us in this episode of Beyond the Cable to discuss the importance of broadband stories when it comes to policymaking. That, plus recent headlines from around the industry.

Your top stories from early Dec. 2023 and the tale of a small North Texas town's digital leaps thanks to Emergency Connectivity Fund money, along with efforts from a local ISP and a library director.