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NTCA Report Finds Middle Mile Costs Dropping for Rural Providers

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6, 2025 – Reports that broadband costs always seem to rise don’t necessarily tell the full story. Take the middle-mile – a critical link between local networks and the global internet – where rural broadband providers are experiencing substantial cost reductions, according to a report released Jan.

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Peter Murray: Connected Cities Tour Event Summarized

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These networks allow governments, universities, hospitals and enterprises to deploy their own cellular networks to provide a high bandwidth coverage canopy on their campuses and in their buildings. ” He related that Private 5G had the potential to help dynamically focus connectivity and bandwidth when and where it is needed.

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Open Technology Institute’s ‘Third Way’ for Spectrum Sharing

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OTI argued it could open up airwaves to factories, hospitals, high-traffic event venues while avoiding harmful interference to incumbents. That could look like a blanket authorization or approving specific kinds of facilities that meet certain requirements, the report said.

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Improving Network Resiliency in the Face of Extreme Weather

Broadband Breakfast

Extreme weather patterns are increasing across the globe and operators of critical infrastructure like broadband must begin taking measures to meet this rising challenge. The Expert Opinion is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast. Broadband Breakfast accepts commentary from informed observers of the broadband scene.

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Reviling Universal Service Subsidies and then Touting the Results

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Universal service funding supports access to telephone and broadband service by subscribers in rural locales that commercial ventures will not serve absent a subsidy. Additional programs reduce the cost of access for low-income subscribers and specific beneficiaries such as schools, clinics, hospitals, and libraries. 8, 595-613 (Sept.

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Protecting The Nation's Critical Communications Infrastructure From Theft and Vandalism

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White Paper Protecting The Nation's Critical Communications Infrastructure From Theft & Vandalism Learn More White Paper Provided by NCTA, CTIA, USTelecom, The Rural Broadband Association: The U.S. Increasing vandalism has also impacted the fiber-optic networks that are now common in many broadband and wireless networks.