Commentary: Congress Re-Introduces Bill to End Big Tech's Free Ride on Broadband

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In a commentary, Roslyn Layton, Senior Vice President of Strand Consult and Visiting Researcher at Aalborg University, discusses the strain on broadband providers due to increasing internet traffic. She highlights the imbalance between Big Tech firms benefiting from network capacity growth and their lack of financial contribution to recover the costs they create. Layton supports the Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2025, which aims to reform the Universal Service Fund and include Big Tech as contributors. (Summary provided by Infomedia) Sources:Broadband Breakfast, 09-05-2025