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MCNC Announces NCREN Community Day

MCNC Announces NCREN Community Day | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The theme for NCREN Community Day 2011 is “Constructing the Network, Building the Community” and features keynotes and panel discussions that cover topics such as broadband for healthcare, Gig. ...
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New Report: The IRREGULATORS Call for Investigations into the Overcharging of America’s Cable Subscribers. | by Bruce Kushnick, Managing Director, The Irregulators | Medium.com

Congress Needs to Examine the Actions and Failure of the FCC to Protect the Public.

 

READ THE FULL REPORT:

INTRODUCTION

 

RE: The FCC conducted an Open Meeting June, 27, 2025 that was dedicated, in large part, to the strip mining of consumer protection rules and regulations governing cable services, including removing those pesky, burdensome rate regulations, regulations on the equipment, and even an elimination of the forms and accounting to determine rates. And this is tied to Chairman Carr’s “Delete, Delete, Delete”.

 

Watching the video of Chairman Carr, the new Republican Commissioner, Olivia Trusty, and a collection of staff with titles like “Media Bureau Attorney Advisor”- at the end of the segment on Cable Deregulation — This should be called Nightmare on “L” Street.

 

WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY ISSUES?

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Cybersecurity’s global alarm system is breaking down | by Matthew King | MIT Technology Review | TechnologyReview.com

Cybersecurity’s global alarm system is breaking down | by Matthew King | MIT Technology Review | TechnologyReview.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The US system to track vulnerabilities is struggling to keep up with its backlog. Experts are scrambling to assemble alternatives.
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Trump’s Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them | by Louise Matsakis & Zoë Schiffer | Wired.com

Trump’s Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them | by Louise Matsakis & Zoë Schiffer | Wired.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
A subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in court.
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AZ: eX² Technology and Local Partners Announce Broadband Connectivity Milestone | by Alyssa Tufts, Arizona Commerce Authority | AZCommerce.com

AZ: eX² Technology and Local Partners Announce Broadband Connectivity Milestone | by Alyssa Tufts, Arizona Commerce Authority | AZCommerce.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it


PHOENIX, AZ (July 22, 2025) – 
Today, local internet and government partners announced a milestone to expand broadband access and connectivity in Arizona.

 

 eX² Technology, a Vivacity company and a single source solution for those seeking to build, scale or future proof their communications infrastructure, in partnership with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA), successfully executed the first dark fiber Indefeasible Right of Use agreement along ADOT’s I-17 right of way.

 

As part of the Arizona Statewide Middle-Mile Program,  the significant dark fiber Indefeasible Right of Use transaction marks a meaningful step forward in leveraging public infrastructure to deliver long-term, high-capacity connectivity across the State of Arizona. 

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Supreme Court to Hear ISP Copyright Case | by Doug Dawson | POTs & PANs

Supreme Court to Hear ISP Copyright Case | by Doug Dawson | POTs & PANs | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will determine if ISPs are required to terminate broadband service for customers who are accused of copyright violations. The suit is a result of a longstanding dispute between Cox Communications and music labels, including Sony Music Entertainment. The Supreme Court case stems from a series…
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A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data | by Eileen Guo | MIT Technology Review | TechnologhReview.com

A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data | by Eileen Guo | MIT Technology Review | TechnologhReview.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Personally identifiable information has been found in DataComp CommonPool, one of the largest open-source data sets used to train image generation models.
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Judge Orders FTC's Slaughter Reinstated | by Wendy Davis | MediaPost.com

Judge Orders FTC's Slaughter Reinstated | by Wendy Davis | MediaPost.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
"The removal of Ms. Slaughter was blatantly unlawful," U.S. District Court Judge Loren AliKhan in Washington, D.C. wrote in a ruling issued late Thursday. The Justice Department is appealing.
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FCC to eliminate gigabit speed goal and scrap analysis of broadband prices | by Jon Brodkin | ArsTechnica.com

FCC to eliminate gigabit speed goal and scrap analysis of broadband prices | by Jon Brodkin | ArsTechnica.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it

The Federal Communications Commission is ditching Biden-era standards for measuring progress toward the goal of universal broadband deployment.

 

The changes will make it easier for the FCC to give the broadband industry a passing grade in an annual progress report. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's proposal would give the industry a thumbs-up even if it falls short of 100 percent deployment, eliminate a long-term goal of gigabit broadband speeds, and abandon a new effort to track the affordability of broadband.

 

Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act requires the FCC to determine whether broadband is being deployed "on a reasonable and timely basis" to all Americans. If the answer is no, the US law says the FCC must "take immediate action to accelerate deployment of such capability by removing barriers to infrastructure investment and by promoting competition in the telecommunications market."

 

Generally, Democratic-led commissions have found that the industry isn't doing enough to make broadband universally available, while Republican-led commissions have found the opposite. Democratic-led commissions have also periodically increased the speeds used to determine whether advanced telecommunications capabilities are widely available, while Republican-led commissioners have kept the speed standards the same.

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Deregulation Swings the Pendulum Toward Financial Crash | by David Dayen | The American Prospect | Prospect.org

Deregulation Swings the Pendulum Toward Financial Crash | by David Dayen | The American Prospect | Prospect.org | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The Federal Trade Commission’s decline is a symptom of a public policy designed primarily to protect asset prices.
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Big firms’ quarterly results may signal what’s ahead | by Mitchell Hartman | Marketplace.org

Big firms’ quarterly results may signal what’s ahead | by Mitchell Hartman | Marketplace.org | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it

There won’t be a whole lot of economic data coming out this week, aside from some numbers on home sales, new and existing.

 

But there will be quarterly earnings reports from big companies: Coca-Cola; GM; Lockheed Martin; Alaska, American and Southwest Airlines; and two tech heavies — Google's parent Alphabet, and Tesla.

 

These companies will be reporting their profits, losses, and sales figures for the second quarter of this year and laying out what their C-suites are anticipating and worrying about. All of which can give plenty of insights into where this economy's headed. 

 

Today brought word from Verizon — which did pretty well — and Stellantis, which didn't. The automaker, which reports in Europe, lost $2.7 billion in the first half of the year — much of that thanks to tariffs — and warned of more pain.

 

About 15% of S&P 500 companies have reported quarterly earnings so far.

 

“Overall, the early read from a corporate fundamentals perspective is quite strong,” said Mike Dickson at Horizon Investments.

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The Spectrum Policy Mess | by Doug Dawson | POTs & PANs

The Spectrum Policy Mess | by Doug Dawson | POTs & PANs | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
There was a recent article in LightReading that asked a great question – BEAD bet big on CBRS and 6 GHz bands, so why is Congress gutting them? Answering that question needs some context. NTIA leaned into supporting fixed wireless throughout the BEAD process. During the original BEAD map challenge process, NTIA made it clear…
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Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI | by Adam Eichen, Alexander Theodoridis, Sara M. Kirshbaum & Tatishe Nteta | TheConversation.com

Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI | by Adam Eichen, Alexander Theodoridis, Sara M. Kirshbaum & Tatishe Nteta | TheConversation.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Democrats and Republicans alike have concerns about AI and want to see the rapidly developing technology regulated to protect the public.
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PA offers broadband equity, access and deployment funds; Indiana County is interested | by Patrick Cloonan | WFMZ.com

PA offers broadband equity, access and deployment funds; Indiana County is interested | by Patrick Cloonan | WFMZ.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Indiana County is watching as Pennsylvania offers another round of broadband, equity, access and deployment funds.
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Continuing to Connect Wisconsin: Strategies for Statewide Broadband Access | by FBA Staff | FiberBroadband.org

Continuing to Connect Wisconsin: Strategies for Statewide Broadband Access | by FBA Staff | FiberBroadband.org | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Continuing to Connect Wisconsin: Strategies for Statewide Broadband Access As the nationwide broadband expansion accelerates under the federal BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) program, Wisconsin is emerging as a model of efficiency and commitment—facing unique geographic challenges, underserved locations, and a tight budget with strategic precision. In a recent…
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U.S. fiber frenzy could soar to 139M locations by 2030 | by  Masha Abarinova | Fierce-Network.com

U.S. fiber frenzy could soar to 139M locations by 2030 | by  Masha Abarinova | Fierce-Network.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
U.S. | Assuming deployments go according to plan, New Street projects operators to reach a combined 139 million total passings by the end of the decade.
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent Is Haunting My Browser | by Reece Rogers | Wired.com

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent Is Haunting My Browser | by Reece Rogers | Wired.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
New tools from OpenAI and Perplexity can browse the web for you. If the idea takes off, these generative AI agents could turn the internet into a ghost town where only bots roam.
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NTIA Approves Updated BEAD Initial Proposals From All 56 States and Territories | by Cameron Marx | BroadbandBreakfast.com

NTIA Approves Updated BEAD Initial Proposals From All 56 States and Territories | by Cameron Marx | BroadbandBreakfast.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The ‘Benefit of the Bargain’ round is underway in 48 states and territories
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A Startup is Selling Data Hacked from Peoples’ Computers to Debt Collectors | by Joseph Cox | 404Media.co

A Startup is Selling Data Hacked from Peoples’ Computers to Debt Collectors | by Joseph Cox | 404Media.co | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Infostealer data can include passwords, email and billing addresses, and the embarrassing websites you use. Farnsworth Intelligence is selling to divorce lawyers and other industries.
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Motorola Must Face Privacy Suit Over Alleged Failure To Honor Opt-Out | by Wendy Davis | MediaPost.com

Motorola Must Face Privacy Suit Over Alleged Failure To Honor Opt-Out | by Wendy Davis | MediaPost.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
A California resident can proceed with a privacy claims against Motorola over allegations that it failed to honor his request to reject tracking cookies.
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Axel Springer Tells Staff They Only Have To Explain If They Did Not Use AI | by Ray Schultz | MediaPost.com

Axel Springer Tells Staff They Only Have To Explain If They Did Not Use AI | by Ray Schultz | MediaPost.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it

Axel Springer, owner of Politico, Business Insider, Bild and Welt, is going all in on artificial intelligence (AI). 

 

“Nobody in the company has to explain in the company why she or he is using AI to do something — whether to prepare a presentation or analyze a document,” said CEO Mathias Döpfner during an hour-long all-employee meeting last week, Status  reports. “You only have to explain if you didn’t use AI. That’s really something you have to explain because that shouldn’t happen.” 

 

Döpfner also lauded the development of AI.  

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When Google’s slop meets webslop, search stops--Botshit, botshit everywhere. | by Cory Doctorow | Medium.com

It’s been more than a year since I gave up on Google Search (I switched to Kagi.com and never looked back). I don’t miss it. It had gotten terrible. It’s gotten worse since, thanks to AI (of course):

 

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/04/teach-me-how-to-shruggie/#kagi

 

Google’s a very bad company, of course. I mean, the company has lost three federal antitrust trials in the past 18 months. But that’s not why I quit Google Search: I stopped searching with Google because Google Search suuuucked.

 

In the spring of 2024, it was clear that Google had lost the spam wars. Its search results were full of spammy garbage content whose creators’ SEO was a million times better than their content. Every kind of Google Search result was bad, and results that contained the names of products were the worst, an endless cesspit of affiliate link-strewn puffery and scam sites.

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The tech woes of America’s tech cops | by Daniella Cheslow with help from Alfred Ng and Aaron Mak | Digital Futures Daily | POLITICO.com

Frustration is brewing around the government office whose job is to track the most exquisite, cutting-edge American technology as it moves around the world.

 

Though a wonky agency known mostly to trade and tech insiders, the Bureau of Industry and Security at the Commerce Department operates at the cutting edge of the $600 billion global semiconductor industry. It polices American export controls by approving or rejecting export licenses and pursuing enforcement actions.

 

You might think the BIS would have sophisticated tools to deploy — but in fact, America’s global tech cop is hobbled by software that in some cases hasn’t been updated in two decades.

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New Research: Starlink Unlikely to Meet BEAD Speed Needs At Scale | by Sean Gonsalves | CommunityNets.org

New Research: Starlink Unlikely to Meet BEAD Speed Needs At Scale | by Sean Gonsalves | CommunityNets.org | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Four leading broadband deployment scholars release new analysis today that may help state broadband offices evaluate “the capacities and saturation limits of the Starlink satellite infrastructure.” The overarching goal is to help states determine where – and if – Starlink can meet federal requirements for broadband, which is defined as delivering minimum connection speeds of at least 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) download and 20 Mbps upload.
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The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble | by Ed Zitron | WheresYourEd.at

The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble | by Ed Zitron | WheresYourEd.at | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it

Good journalism is making sure that history is actively captured and appropriately described and assessed, and it's accurate to describe things as they currently are as alarming.

 

And I am alarmed.

 

Alarm is not a state of weakness, or belligerence, or myopia. My concern does not dull my vision, even though it's convenient to frame it as somehow alarmist, like I have some hidden agenda or bias toward doom. I profoundly dislike the financial waste, the environmental destruction, and, fundamentally, I dislike the attempt to gaslight people into swearing fealty to a sickly and frail psuedo-industry where everybody but NVIDIA and consultancies lose money.

 

I also dislike the fact that I, and others like me, are held to a remarkably different standard to those who paint themselves as "optimists," which typically means "people that agree with what the market wishes were true." Critics are continually badgered, prodded, poked, mocked, and jeered at for not automatically aligning with the idea that generative AI will be this massive industry, constantly having to prove themselves, as if somehow there's something malevolent or craven about criticism, that critics "do this for clicks" or "to be a contrarian."




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Monopoly Round-Up: The Incredible Shrinking Trump Antitrust Enforcers | BIG by Matt Stoller | Substack.com

Monopoly Round-Up: The Incredible Shrinking Trump Antitrust Enforcers | BIG by Matt Stoller | Substack.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it

Lots of monopoly and finance related news this week, as usual. Seems like Fed independence will end, giant railroad mergers are on deck, the rare earth magnet crisis abated, Trump caved to China on advanced semiconductor exports, and billionaires like Mark Cuban continue to attack NYC mayoral primary winner Zohran Mamdani.

 

Before getting to the full round-up, I want to take a step back and examine Trump antitrust enforcement so far. I’m doing so because of the news last week that a D.C. district court judge reinstated Democrat Rebecca Kelly Slaughter as a Federal Trade Commissioner, after she and her colleague Alvaro Bedoya were illegally fired by Trump in March. Her case is likely to go to the Supreme Court, to test the Constitutional theory of whether the President can fire anyone in an independent agency.

 

Since her firing, the FTC has been a fully Republican agency, which meant no dissents and almost no public debate. 

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