Our nation’s broadband providers are working to keep you connected, no matter where you are, no matter what. USTelecom is proud to support our members in this critical work as together we prepare for, and respond to, the Coronavirus. Here are selected resources we trust will be relevant to our members, their employees, and the communities, families, and enterprises they serve.
Action Center: Coronavirus
Support for Resiliency, Continuity and Safety
- USTelecom CEO: Our Commitment to Connect
- USTelecom CEO: Our Commitment To Connectivity During COVID-19
- CSCC: Return to Normal: Guidance and Resources for Communications Providers
- Telehealth in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond
- Multi-Association Letter to the Hill on COVID-19 Response and Commitment to Connectivity
- Designed for Demand: How Networks Keep Your Data Flowing
- Morning Consult Op-Ed: Broadband & COVID-19: #TogetherApart
- USTelecom Letter to FCC on COVID-19 Response
- IRS: Coronavirus Tax Relief
- Small Business Administration: Coronavirus (COVID-19): Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources
- FCC Plan for $200 Million in COVID-19 Telehealth Program
- CISA Information & Updates on COVID-19
- National Governors Association (NGA) Coronavirus: What you need to know
- USDA Measures to Help Rural America Affected by COVID-19
- USTelecom Statement on CISA Identification of ‘Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers’ During COVID-19
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources
- More Here
What Our Members Are Doing
- COVID-19 Network Performance – Designed for Demand
- “Staying Connected – Our National Broadband Commitment” by Jonathan Spalter
- Alaska Communications
- AT&T
- Blackfoot Communications
- CenturyLink
- Chariton Valley
- Cisco
- Comporium
- Consolidated Communications
- Consolidated Communications Wins Silver Stevie® Award for COVID-19 Response
- Darien Telephone Company
- Ericsson
- Frontier
- Grand Telephone Company
- Great Plains Communications
- GVTC
- Hargray Communications
- Jefferson Telecom
- NEC
- Northland Communications
- NTT
- Oracle
- Pioneer
- Rice Belt
- RiverStreet Networks
- Shentel
- Silver Star Communications
- Smithville Communications
- Telefónica
- Twilio
- Verizon
- Verizon's Pay It Forward Live: The biggest names in entertainment are helping the smallest names in business
- Texas Education Agency and Verizon enable distance learning for 18.9M students in 16 states
- Wabash
- Wilkes Communications
- Windstream
- WNM Communications
What We're Reading
- Farm Bureau: Broadband Internet, More Valuable than Ever
- Rollcall: Hospitals eye permanent telehealth expansion with FCC funds
- Protocol: Despite The Pandemic, 5G Still Rolls On
- CNET: AT&T updates first responder offer to include teachers, nurses and physicians
- Common Sense Media: Closing The K–12 Digital Divide In The Age Of Distance Learning
- CNET: Even The Coronavirus Can’t Stop 5G’s Momentum
- CNN: Why a wellness routine is your top priority amid protests and the pandemic — and how to start
- FOX News Op-Ed: Economic Recovery From Coronavirus Demands More Available, Affordable And Accessible Broadband
- TechNative: Making The Modern Workforce As Flexible As Its Technology
- Helena Independent Record Op-Ed: The COVID imperative: Connect rural America now
- Protocol: Coronavirus Sent Us Home. Will VR Bring Us Back Together?
- The Wall Street Journal: Coronavirus Demands A Privacy Law
- The Atlantic: The System That Actually Worked: How The Internet Kept Running Even As Society Closed Down Around It
- The Hill: Why Americans Have To Talk About Digital Privacy At The Kitchen Table
- The Wall Street Journal: Work-From-Home Congress Also Can’t Figure Out How To Unmute
- CNN: Americans are getting fewer robocalls because of the pandemic
- More Here