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Charter Broadband Losses Better Than Expected

Broadband Breakfast

Like other cable companies, Charter had been losing broadband customers this year. The cable losses have been driven in part by wireless carriers offering home internet on excess 5G capacity. Winfrey maintained that “cell phone companies will face challenges as customer bandwidth demands continue to grow.”

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Minnesota is home to 7 exciting, planned or prospective Native Nation owned broadband networks

Blandin on Broadband

The construction project has been fueled by grants first from the Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Community, and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development before getting a significant infusion from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.

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High-Speed FWA Using mmWave With the Help of Li-Fi

Telecoms Infrastructure Blog

On a regular basis I keep reading about how Fixed Wireless Access ( FWA ) continues to gain ground at the expense of cable operators, especially in the USA (see articles by Ookla , OpenSignal ). One of the challenges with FWA is the need to (generally) install external antennas, especially when higher frequencies like mmWaves is involved.

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New Business Facility? Here’s Your Guide to Network Cabling

NetWork Telecom

From connecting computers and servers to facilitating communication and data sharing, network cabling provides the backbone for your operations. Contact the cabling specialists at Network Telecom to help make your installation a success. Contact Network Telecom New Business Facility – What You Need to Know about Cabling 1.

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Broadband Companies Invested $94.7B In U.S. Communications Infrastructure In 2023

US Telecom

It is critical policymakers show up as constructive partners, working side by side with our companies to finish the job of connecting communities and showing greater discipline by resisting carbon-dated regulatory models that hinder our continued progress.” There is no more powerful statement of this industry’s commitment to U.S.

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Coon Valley Delivers High Speed Access to Rural Customers

USTELECOM

Construction season officially kicked off at the end of March, as the company’s crews prepared to tackle “100 miles of territory in desperate need of bandwidth.” Other updates detailed the company’s work in drilling and plowing cable, including working with the local utility company.

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Fiber Internet: The Future of High Speed Connectivity

All West Telecommunications

This cutting-edge technology stands in stark contrast to traditional broadband options like DSL and cable, which rely on electrical signals transmitted through copper wires. For instance, downloading a high-definition movie (around 4 GB) on a fiber network can take mere seconds compared to several minutes on cable or DSL.