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LightSquared's GPS Request Jeopardizes National Security - Hudson New York

LightSquared's GPS Request Jeopardizes National Security - Hudson New York | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
LightSquared's GPS Request Jeopardizes National SecurityHudson New YorkKeeping the system healthy and safe has been a major policy priority of the George HW Bush, Clinton and George W, Bush administrations.
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Texas launches $3.8bn broadband grant programme | by Total Telecom Staff | TotalTele.com

Texas launches $3.8bn broadband grant programme | by Total Telecom Staff | TotalTele.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The Texas Comptroller’s office has opened applications for a $3.8 billion fund combining federal BEAD and state TMAP resources to deliver high-speed internet to more than 245,000 unserved and underserved homes, businesses, and schools by August 2025.
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YouTube sees a rise in ad revenue to reach nearly $10B | by Lauren Forristal | TechCrunch.com

YouTube sees a rise in ad revenue to reach nearly $10B | by Lauren Forristal | TechCrunch.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
YouTube continues to lead in the streaming market, with ad revenue increasing by 13% to $9.8 billion.
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What's In the One Big Beautiful Bill Act?-2025-07-22 | CRFB.org

What's In the One Big Beautiful Bill Act?-2025-07-22 | CRFB.org | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it

The recently-enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will increase borrowing by $4.1 trillion through 2034 on a conventional basis, according to new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

 

This includes $5.9 trillion of tax cuts and spending increases, $2.5 trillion of offsets, and over $700 billion of interest costs.

 

On a permanent basis, we estimate the law will add over $5.5 trillion to the debt through 2034.

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Arielle Roth confirmed to lead up NTIA by Senate vote | by Brad Randall | BBCMag.com

Arielle Roth confirmed to lead up NTIA by Senate vote | by Brad Randall | BBCMag.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Arielle Roth has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to lead up the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
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Podcast: Why tech billionaires want a dictatorship | Interview by Jon Fortt | Decoder | TheVerge.com

Podcast: Why tech billionaires want a dictatorship | Interview by Jon Fortt | Decoder | TheVerge.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it

Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Jon Fortt, CNBC journalist, cohost of Closing Bell: Overtime, and creator of the Fortt Knox streaming series on LinkedIn. I’m guest-hosting for a couple more episodes of Decoder this summer while Nilay is out on parental leave.

 

Today, I’m talking with a very special guest: Gil Duran, an old friend, journalist, and author of The Nerd Reich, a newsletter and forthcoming book about the shifting politics of Silicon Valley and the rise of tech authoritarianism.

 

Click headline to read more of the transcript or listen to the podcast--

 

 

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California lawmaker drops push for affordable broadband | by Brad Randall | BBCMag.com

California lawmaker drops push for affordable broadband | by Brad Randall | BBCMag.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
A California lawmaker reportedly dropped her push to cap charges for low-income subscribers after the state's BEAD funds were threatened.
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First-Ever Ban on Surveillance Pricing Introduced in Congress | by David Dayen | The American Prospect | Prospect.org

First-Ever Ban on Surveillance Pricing Introduced in Congress | by David Dayen | The American Prospect | Prospect.org | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
A bill authored by Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) would stop companies from setting individualized prices and wages based on spy dossiers they assemble on Americans.
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Satellite internet won’t run our farms and factories: Why fiber remains the right priority for rural America | by Rian Wanstreet & Calum Cameron | Benton Institute for Broadband & Society | Benton.org

Satellite internet won’t run our farms and factories: Why fiber remains the right priority for rural America | by Rian Wanstreet & Calum Cameron | Benton Institute for Broadband & Society | Benton.org | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it

America is about to choose between broadband that’s good enough today, or infrastructure that can underpin the future of the U.S. economy.

 

With the final rules out for the reformed Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, states have 90 days to rerun their broadband selection processes. One of the biggest changes is that fiber is no longer defined as the preferred technology. In its place is a “technology-neutral” approach that, at first sight, favors the cheapest bids, opening the door to alternative technologies, with low-earth orbit satellite (LEO) slated to be a big winner.

 

Far from representing a prudent fiscal shift, we’ve argued that fiber’s resilience and long-term value make it a better investment for most communities. And when we look beyond residential access to consider broadband’s role in powering industry, innovation, and economic competitiveness, the limits of LEO become clearer still.

Foundational for Economic Development

Any business considering where to open a branch, build a factory, or expand operations looks for high-speed broadband. Ask any economic development leader to name their top priorities, and fiber connectivity will almost certainly be near the top.

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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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Hunter Newby and Connected Nation: Kansas Breaks Ground on First IXP | by Matt Vincent , DCF Staff | DataCenterFrontier.com

Hunter Newby and Connected Nation: Kansas Breaks Ground on First IXP | by Matt Vincent , DCF Staff | DataCenterFrontier.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The DCF Show catches up with Hunter Newby and Connected Nation as they break ground in Wichita, bringing Kansas its first IXP and a new model for regional connectivity an
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Tarana Wireless enters new strategic partnership with KGPCo | by Noah News Service | BBCMag.com

Tarana Wireless enters new strategic partnership with KGPCo | by Noah News Service | BBCMag.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
KGPCo and Tarana Wireless have formed a strategic partnership to leverage Tarana’s fixed wireless access technology.
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Southfield to Lansing underground fiber route finished in Michigan | by Noah Wire Service | BBCMag.com

Southfield to Lansing underground fiber route finished in Michigan | by Noah Wire Service | BBCMag.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Three Michigan-based companies have completed a 90-mile underground fiber optic route linking Southfield to Lansing.
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A 1930s movement wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland. Here’s why it has modern resonances | by Dafydd Townley | Port.AC.uk

A 1930s movement wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland. Here’s why it has modern resonances | by Dafydd Townley | Port.AC.uk | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it

A movement that wanted to merge North America into one nation and extend its borders as far as the Panama Canal might sound incredibly familiar. But this group, called the “technocracy movement”, was a group of 1930s nonconformists with big ideas about how to rearrange US society. They proposed a vision that would get rid of waste and make North America highly productive by using technology and science.

 

The Technocrats, sometimes also called Technocracy Inc, proposed merging Canada, Greenland, Mexico, the US and parts of central America into a single continental unit. This they called a “Technate”. It was to be governed by technocratic principles, rather than by national borders and traditional political divisions.

 

These ideas seem to resonate with some recent statements from the Trump administration about merging the US with Canada. Meanwhile, the US Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) set up by Trump and led by tech billionaire Elon Musk, has also outlined a vision of efficiency cuts by slashing bureaucracy, jobs and getting rid of leaders of organisations and civil servants he thinks are advancing “woke” values (such as diversity initiatives). This slash-and-burn approach also fits with some of the ideas of the Technocrats.

 

In February, Musk said: “We really have here rule of the bureaucracy as opposed to rule of the people — democracy”. The Technocrats viewed elected politicians as incompetent. They advocated replacing them with experts in science and engineering, who would “objectively” manage resources for the benefit of society.

 

“The people voted for major government reform, and that’s what the people are going to get,” Musk told reporters after visiting the White House last month.

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Starlink-powered ‘T-Satellite’ service is now live on T-Mobile | by Emma Roth | TheVerge.com

Starlink-powered ‘T-Satellite’ service is now live on T-Mobile | by Emma Roth | TheVerge.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
T-Mobile is rolling out its Starlink-powered satellite service, T-Satellite, which will let customers with supported devices send text messages and share their location without cellular service.
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Why Are We Pretending AI Is Going to Take All the Jobs? | BIG by Matt Stoller | Substack.com

Why Are We Pretending AI Is Going to Take All the Jobs? | BIG by Matt Stoller | Substack.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Yes, generative AI is transformational. Will it eliminate most entry-level jobs? That depends. Will we continue to demand excessive returns on capital? If so, then we're in trouble.
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Donald Trump’s Tariff Dealmaker-in-Chief | by Antonia Hitchens | NewYorker.com

Donald Trump’s Tariff Dealmaker-in-Chief | by Antonia Hitchens | NewYorker.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it

When Howard Lutnick moved to Washington, earlier this year, to become the Secretary of Commerce, he painted one wall in his new living room gold. It was the only significant modification he made to the house, a château-style mansion purchased for twenty-five million dollars from the Fox News anchor Bret Baier.

 

On a recent Sunday afternoon, Lutnick was in the living room, flipping through a commemorative coffee-table book designed by his family which pairs photographs of him with some of his favorite sayings. “It’s between me and the mirror,” one read. He turned the page: “You are either in or you are out.”

 

Lutnick’s dog, a Havanese-poodle mix named Cali—three of his four children went to college in California—kept nosing her way through a gate to come sit with us. Lutnick was about to fly to London for a round of trade negotiations with China, whose restrictions on the sale of rare-earth metals were threatening to render parts of the American economy nonfunctional.

 

Several suitcases were packed and waiting in the entryway, next to a gold Pop-art sculpture by Robert Indiana that spelled the word “LOVE.” Later, Lutnick led me from room to room to point out a few more works from his personal collection: Rothko, Diebenkorn, Lichtenstein, de Kooning.

 
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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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