Christopher Ali

Very happy with this lovely collaboration and its outcome @christopherali.bsky.social @jonkropko.bsky.social

New piece out with @christopherali.bsky.social @sydneyforde.bsky.social @theine.bsky.social examining the shifting terrain of US wireless competition policy via the T-Mobile / Sprint merger, and noting "performative competition" supplanting empirical analysis. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/ZB3CG...

Pioneers Chair @christopherali.bsky.social reviews "Bridging the Digital Divide in the US: Planning Innovative State and Local Approaches." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Congratulations @abigailspanberger.com @teamspanberger.bsky.social for being elected #Virginia ‘s next governor! It was an honor to meet you when we worked on bringing #broadband to rural VA a few years ago! Now even more excited to brief members of the VA assembly this morning about broadband!

An honor to present research from my new book project @yaleisp.bsky.social yesterday! An amazing and brilliant group of scholars! Thank you!!!

Does the NTIA even have the authority to exempt BEAD winners from state laws? Not that this administration really cares about jurisdiction or authority, but if the NTIA doesn’t have preemption power, states better sue. broadbandbreakfast.com/roth-no-stat...

Loved being part of the Broadband Bunch podcast to talk about my new book in progress! m.soundcloud.com/broadband-bu...

Writing a book is equal parts terror and elation. There is no middle ground.

Can I just say that I am so very proud of the graduate students that I have the privilege to worth with @pennstateuniv.bsky.social. They are brilliant, they are diligent, and they are caring. #ica25 @ica-clp.bsky.social

If you wanted to read 2,000-plus words on the FCC's ability to conduct any more business with only two of its five commissioners in office--look, you know who you are!--Public Knowledge's @haroldfeld.bsky.social has once again risen to the occasion.

A day before the start of @icahdq.bsky.social, I'm pleased to announce the publication of my article in the Canadian Journal of Communication on "People, Power, and Praxis: A critical qualitative reminder to policy scholars" @ica-clp.bsky.social Check it out! cjc.utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...

The changes to broadband policy are doing serious harm to our communities (esp. low income and BIPOC communities) - it robs them of their voices and of their digital futures by replacing long term security with short term and incomplete connectivity. www.ntia.gov/press-releas...

"Congress said we have to build broadband everywhere, so we’ll build what is barely adequate for today and ignore what’s needed for the future". I couldn't agree more!

So happy about this excellend collaboration with @christopherali.bsky.social and @jonkropko.bsky.social - and thank you @mjanssen.bsky.social at Current for the opportunity #pbs #publicmedia

More about Pioneers Chair @christopherali.bsky.social's research on trust in public media, coauthored with Hilde Van den Bulck & Jonathan Kropko. current.org/2025/06/stud...

Exciting news today! This morning @hildevdb.bsky.social @jonkropko.bsky.social and I published an article in Current - the premiere publication for public media - about our research on trust and @pbs.org!! current.org/2025/06/stud...

Confession: I know how well my day will go based on how well I complete the wordle, quordle, octordle, and crossword each morning

Huge congratulations to my friends at the Hoopa Valley Public Utility District/Acorns Wireless for winning the Seven Star Community Award at this year’s #netinclusion! Bravo! So well deserved!! #ndia

I’m so excited to be heading the Gila River Indian Community today to attend #netinclusion2025 #ndia! Three days of nerding it up with all things #digitalequity and #digitalinclusion!

An article in E&P from Bellisario faculty Tom Davidson about research coauthored by Pioneers Chair @christopherali.bsky.social -- with Hilde Van Den Bulck & Jonathan Kropko -- of people's trust in public broadcasting. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/trus...

As if cable provision couldn't become more concentrated in this country, now Charter and Cox are merging. The #FCC needs to stop its discriminatory witch hunt against DEI initiatives and start doing its actual job and protecting the public interest. #ugh www.lightreading.com/cable-techno...

Honored to have been part of the #BroadbandHeroes podcast from Bonfire Infrastructure Group where I got to jump on my soapbox to support digital equity and inclusion, including universal, affordable broadband! #digitalequity m.youtube.com/watch?si=t6q...

Huge congratulations @erikasolis.bsky.social (Dr. Solis) for passing their dissertation defense yesterday and for writing a brilliant dissertation on the political economy of microtransactions. So proud of you!!!

www.fierce-network.com/broadband/sm... This is really interesting!

Shame on the republican congress for repealing this #fcc decision (still needs to go through the house). But where are the democrats defending bringing broadband to school kids? broadbandbreakfast.com/senate-votes...

Thanks friend!!!

It’s funny (not ha-ha funny) that Trump announced an executive order to gut funding for @pbs.org @npr.org because of bias, when our paper just came out this week showing how viewers TRUST PBS because of its non-biased news! We’ve got the data to show it too! academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...

5 years in the making!!! My article with @hildevdb.bsky.social and @jonkropko.bsky.social on trust & @pbs.org was published in the @journal-of-comm.bsky.social. We present the results of a nationwide survey of PBS viewers to talk about how trusted the service is! academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...

Excited to announce that my new publication "When you wish upon a Star(link)" was published this morning in @techpolicypress.bsky.social! In the article I critique the Department of Commerce's plans to change broadband funding in the US. www.techpolicy.press/when-you-wis...

Throwing this out to the Bluesky #broadband verse: has anyone written about theirony that when the FCC launched the ACP it did so online? I.e. has anyone written about the failure of FCC outreach during the initial weeks of ACP? side note: I've got the GAO report form 2023

Had a short but amazing time at the Comunity Broadband Action Network (CBAN) summit in Ames, Iowa today! Thank you so much Curtis Dean and Jon Willow for the invitation to deliver my keynote “From Empathy to Equity” and to Deb Socia for the fireside chat!

Thinking about my Tuna today. It’s been almost four years and I still miss him so much.

It has been one of the great privileges of my career to work with @sydneyforde.bsky.social throughout her doctoral studies!! Congratulations Doctor Forde!!!

What a treat!!! Thank you again @gbsohn.bsky.social !!

Love talking about broadband co-ops!! Thanks for the interview! @cnet.com www.cnet.com/home/interne...

Am presently going through the citizenship process here in the US. Doing so to protect my rights, the rights of my marriage, and to have the right to vote. It’s my interview today - think American thoughts for me!

Great article this morning by Doug Dawson on the patchiness of urban cellular coverage. Glad to see that first responders were mentioned as they are a community that often gets neglected in these conversations. potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/04/02/f...

The recipe called for 2tbps of champagne… can’t let the bottle go to waste 😘

What the what???? www.telecompetitor.com/starlink-to-...

While everyone knows I am a fierce advocate for rural broadband, satellite is not the panacea everyone thinks it is. This proposed bill, for instance, fails to understand how forested Appalachia is, which significantly impacts wireless connectivity. taylor.house.gov/media/press-...

Thank you so much for joining us!!

With the PBS/NPR hearing 2day @hildevdb.bsky.social Jon Kropko & I have a forthcoming article in the Journal of Comm demonstrating that Americans that consume PBS trust it more than other platforms. This holds regardless of political orientation. PBS can be a gathering point if we let it flourish!

Excited to host the legendary and iconic @gbsohn.bsky.social this evening @pennstateuniv.bsky.social with @saschameinrath.bsky.social for a fireside chat about the future of telecommunications!

Looking forward to being unplugged with my friends @saschameinrath.bsky.social & @christopherali.bsky.social tonight at @pennstateuniv.bsky.social!

Honoured beyond belief to have been awarded the Broadband Hero award from The Bonfire Infrastructure Group yesterday in Philadelphia! @pennstateuniv.bsky.social

Honored to give the morning keynote presentation at the Fiber Connect Regional Meeting in Philadelphia today. I’m going to talk about the power of stories in our broadband world. Many thanks to the Fiber Broadband Association for the opportunity!

Brendan Carr needs to stop taking every opportunity he can find to bash the BEAD program. Not only does the FCC not have any jurisdiction in this program, but he is poisoning the waters for many hard working state broadband offices. #fcc #internetforall broadbandbreakfast.com/new-mexicos-...

Evan Feinman is a great guy put in an impossible job. I'm sad to see him go as NTIA's broadband director but love that he went out with a bang; a crucial warning about putting our BEAD eggs into the Starlink basket. Bravo, Evan! www.politico.com/news/2025/03...