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For many years the cable companies (and telcos who sold cable TV) have relied on the power of the bundle as a way to gain and then retain customers. The bundle was one of the predominant marketing tools for such ISPs. They showed customers that there was a big savings from buying multiple products. I…
Canada is walking a narrow path in regulating global technology giants, seeking a cut of company profits rather than trying to curb their market dominance.
The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the $42.2 billion BEAD grants establishes new rules for the grants that might have a wider implication for broadband elsewhere. One of the most interesting aspects of the NOFO was the definition of a new term – Reliable Broadband Service. The NOFO defines Reliable Broadband Service to means…
Though most groups issued their support, others voiced reservations.
The FCC is seeking comment on its latest report to Congress on the state of competition in the communications marketplace, the first under new chair Jessica Rosenworcel, including any effects of the C
The history of the internet is repeatedly reduced to the story of the singular Arpanet. But BBSs were just as important—if not more.
Flume Internet is tapping into under-used fiber capacity in order to make high-speed internet available to more people.
Workers installed new equipment to double the internet's capacity for some people in five counties.
Opensignal 5G versus Wi-Fi performance data shows mmWave 5G having the fastest download speeds, as well as the fastest
Tell court that without it, their platforms will be powerless to prevent disinformation, hate speech and more
US fixed wireless access (FWA) provider Starry, which started trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in March, following its USD1.76 billion ‘business combination’ with FirstMark Horizon Acquisition Corp, has revealed that the numbers of serviceable homes within its operational footprint increased to 5.473 million as of 31 March 2022, up from 4.545 million one year earlier.
Thomas has argued social media companies are like common carriers. Texas’s social media law, which could make its way to SCOTUS, makes a similar case.
Sumter County is using COVID-19 relief money to pay for rural broadband access.
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Last week, EveryoneOn released their final report from a three-part series on the digital divide during the pandemic. he report, State of Digital Equity, highlights lessons from surveys and focus groups with income insecure households and digital inclusion practitioners, and offers recommendations for digital equity planning. The report is interesting and well timed given the need…
NCTA-the Internet & Television Association has told the FCC that cable operators do not discriminate in the provision of broadband service because they provide equal access, which NCTA said means "com
NTIA’s Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) are out for the State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program and the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program[1]—and the rules indicate that state governments will decide how to allocate the funding (within certain parameters)
Tells FCC laudable goal demands solutions tailored to individual business cases
WOW Stock Soars as Talks With Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Heat Up
Australia has spent billions on the NBN yet its speeds are still bad — at least compared to other countries. How did we end up here? And why aren't we hearing more about internet infrastructure this election?
USTelecom recently sent a letter to practically every politician who might have a hand in deciding how broadband grants are awarded – the White House and key Cabinet officials, the NTIA, the FCC, members of Congress, Governors, Mayors, other local officials, tribal leaders, and state broadband offices. That’s some mailing list! The main thrust of…
Thanks to Chattanooga’s wildly successful municipal broadband network, EPB Fiber, and its partnership with The Enterprise Center and Hamilton County Schools, over 15,000 low-income students in 8,500 households in Hamilton County are already getting a decade of free high-speed Internet service at no cost through a program known as HCS EdConnect. We wanted to visually document the power the program has had in transforming the lives of participants by weaving together a compilation of video diaries that will give you a glimpse of how a visionary municipal network made this Tennessee county more resilient in the face of the pandemic and ensured no one in their community was left on the wrong side of the digital divide.
Broadband rollouts are booming across the globe as operators race to provide more coverage and faster internet speeds for consumers. | Terms like fiber-to-the-X specify how deep in the network an ISP deploys fiber. So fiber-to-the-home, or FTTH, means fiber runs all the way from the point of origin straight to the end user.
The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the $42.2 billion BEAD grants came out late last week. I expect there will be dozens of summaries of the key grant rules published, and I’m not going to repeat that effort. Instead, I’m going to write a series of blogs that explore some of the nuances that…
This week’s question: How has the CBRS model worked out thus far? Would this model be successful in any other bands in particular? Read on for our panelists’ thoughts and sign up to receive the next…
Bemidji Pioneer posts a column from Dave Hengel, executive director of Greater Bemidji Economic Development, on the importance of technology and broadband for a thriving community... The primary driver has been technology, which has created both incredible opportunities and challenges for communities worldwide. Since technology has allowed both businesses and people to locate virtually anywhere,…
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