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In this latest episode of the podcast, Chris and Derek from Hardy Telecommunications discuss the cooperative's journey since 1953, expanding from phone to broadband services, vital for rural areas. They share the challenges of being a small provider, the impact of federal funding, and emphasize the importance of partnerships and ongoing support for rural broadband access.
The Washington Post recently published an article with a series of graphs that shows the impact of the pandemic on a number of economic indicators that range from unemployment, wages, air travel, grocery prices, home prices, and consumer sentiment. The article got me thinking about the impact of the pandemic on the broadband industry –…
SANDWICH – The Cape Cod Commission and the Town of Sandwich have released a draft of the town’s municipal digital equity plan for public comment. To access the draft, click here. Here’s the f…
It's never been clearer that the VC founder's whole outlook on life revolves around how great it is to be rich and how shameful it is to be anything else.
The U.S. will reinstate Obama-era regulations for internet service providers that promise fast, reliable and fair internet speeds for all consumers. What happened when those rules were taken away?
A commitment to fully fund the month of May would give Congress time to provide new money for the Affordable Connectivity Program.
5G’s ability to offer different speeds for different purposes upends the traditional concept of net neutrality.
A lot of folks have been pleading with the FCC to pick up the tab to continue the the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). Folks are assuming that the FCC has the ability to take on the ACP program inside the Universal Service Fund. To make that work, the FCC would have to apply a monthly…
One of the trends that is a concern for ISPs is plans by State Broadband Offices to force BEAD winners to charge low rates for broadband. I understand some of the rationale behind these attempts. One argument for lowering rates is that the government is paying a big portion of the cost of building the…
Telecommuting, a pandemic-era novelty that has become a permanent alternative for many people, has some Connecticut and New Jersey employees of New York-based companies questioning why they still have to pay personal income tax to the Empire State.
Their home states are wondering as well.
Fed up with losing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue each year, New Jersey is now offering a state tax credit to residents who work from home and successfully appeal their New York tax assessment. Connecticut is considering a similar measure.
But is the New York law valid under the FCC's new net neutrality rules?
Although its shares took a big hit after its latest earnings numbers were released, Meta showed promising current and future ad growth expectations, with an increasing focus on video, AI and virtual
reality.
T-Mobile and EQT announce joint venture to expand the carrier’s fiber broadband footprint As part of the deal, the companies will acquire Mid-Atlantic FTTH provi | T-Mobile will invest $950 million in the joint venture to acquire a 50% equity stake as well as Lumos’ existing fiber base.
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FCC Restores Net Neutrality In a split vote last week, the FCC voted to reclassify broadband service as a T
Are you prepared to watch a competitor bring fiber optic infrastructure into your service area?
While Comcast, DirecTV and Dish have been withered by attrition in recent years, Charter had largely been spared ... until now
Ever feel like Instagram or TikTok algorithms know you a bit too well? The backlash against automated curation is building, and new algorithm-free platforms are springing up.
We are preparing to award over $44 billion to construct rural broadband networks. Almost by definition, these networks will be built in rural areas where it’s hard to justify a business plan where revenues generated from the grant areas are sufficient to fund the ongoing operation and eventual upgrades to any broadband networks. The FCC…
AT&T CEO John Stankey positions FWA service as a useful tool for businesses to deliver connectivity in wireline-bereft places
The satirical news website was bought by a new firm in Chicago that took inspiration for its name, Global Tetrahedron, from a book written by The Onion’s staff.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel made it clear recently that the FCC is not willing to tackle funding for the ACP plan that is expiring in May. She estimated that the FCC would have to add something like $9 to every broadband bill in the country to fund the ACP plan. But there is another alternative.…
An interesting battle is underway to capture the market for monitoring devices. The latest entry into the market is 5G RedCap. This is a technology that is currently under development in chipsets and ought to hit the market in 2025 and 2026. RedCap is the latest attempt by cellular carriers to monetize 5G. RedCap was…
The Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday it is ordering the U.S. units of China Telecom , China Unicom and China Mobile to discontinue fixed or mobile broadband internet operations in the United States.
What technology can support decades of speed and capacity increases with zero upgrades? The answer is fiber broadband.
Scientists continue finding ways to make computers faster and better. Today’s blog talks about three interesting developments in computing technology. Universal Computer Memory. The holy grail of computing memory has been universal computer memory that can replace the current need for both short-term and long-term memory in the computing process. An article published in Nature…
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