Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 13, 2025

DLIs Sean ONeil (Director of Licensing & Enforcement, Construction Codes and Licensing Division) and Don Sivigny (Supervisor/Education, Rules, Codes, and Grants programs) will be presenting on the program, timelines, and hold audience Q+A. The webinar will be recorded and made available after the event on the OBD webinars webpage.

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Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 17, 2025

Today the MN Broadband Task Force met and heard from the Department of Labor and Industry about training and certification for broadband installers, a timely topic as the MN Legislature looks at amending rules that passed last session requiring training and certification for broadband installers. There is no fee required.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 5, 2024

Join Broadband Breakfast Live Online and other guests attending Mountain Connect 2024 in Denver for a discussion about the themes raised at this year's conference. This year marks the Colorado-based conference's 10th year as an independent broadband event, and Broadband Breakfast has covered the event regularly in the past.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

13, 2024 – A global business management firm gathered broadband officials from three states and Washington, to assess the future of the largest federal broadband funding program – and where they see bumps in the road ahead. billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program. WASHINGTON, Nov.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

is a small, family-owned telecommunications company that provide residential, small business and enterprise consumers with fiber-optic Internet, telephone and television services across 14 rural Vermont villages. VTel, based in Springfield, Vt.,

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Construction is expected to be completed in 2026. provides broadband access to more than 10,000 locations in North Central Oklahoma. The demonstration, which used Nokia’s Lightspan fiber solution, was unveiled at the Future of Rural Broadband Showcase on Tuesday.  under its Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, September 16, 2024 – In the United States, before there were extensive broadband open access networks, there were simply municipal broadband networks.   And more than a third of those municipal broadband communities offer open access networks to their citizens.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. In a letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz , R-Texas, Hegar shot at the BEAD program’s low-cost broadband requirement, calling it an example of impermissible rate regulation.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 9, 2024

Glenn Youngkin announced more than $41 million in grants for 10 broadband construction projects across 20 communities in the state on July 24. The money comes from the Virginia Telecommunications Initiative, which seeks to provide high-speed internet access to unserved addresses. August 9, 2024 – Virginia Gov.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

has reintroduced a bill directing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to develop a national broadband strategy. “The PLAN for Broadband Act would prevent wasteful spending and help streamline communication and coordination between the agencies tasked with rolling out broadband initiatives.

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Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 5, 2025

million broadband project came down to one vote at a City Council meeting here on Monday night. million in construction costs would be paid via bonds. I have been following the story, but its good to see the story of Connect Wilmar Initiative in the Minnesota Star Tribune The fate of a $24.5 The networks estimated $24.5

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 21, 2024

21, 2024 – America's broadband industry invested $94.7 While lower in 2022, the investment marked the second-highest capital expenditure in 22 years, according to USTelecom’s 2023 Broadband Capex Report , released Friday. broadband market is clearly working. WASHINGTON, Oct. drop from the prior year.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We use our expertise to deliver comprehensive end-to-end services to our clients, including VMO2, Openreach and National Grid. M Group Services is the leading essential Infrastructure service provider within water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors across the UK and Ireland.

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Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Institute of Local Self Reliance (ILSR) has been tracking Indigenous Broadband Networks in the US. They provide a great history and analysis of broadband in tribal areas. Network construction began in 2017 with the first subscribers coming online in 2019. The Blandin Foundation has supported Native networks in Minnesota.)

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Blandin on Broadband

AUGUST 19, 2024

It was nice to hear from broadband providers from the Northeast Minnesota. The spoke frankly about the trials, tribulations and success for building broadband in the area. The importance of the Affordable Connectivity Program also came up – and the loss of trust that came up with loss of broadband. 10:10 a.m. –

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Erie County, New York’s  ErieNet  broadband initiative is poised to begin construction in Buffalo, NY, after the Buffalo Common Council recently passed a resolution approving the Telecommunications License Agreement with ErieNet LDC. New York Get a snapshot view of broadband initiatives in New York.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

20, 2025 – Shenandoah Telecommunications Company added 5,879 broadband subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2024, the company reported Thursday. The net additions came almost entirely from Glo Fiber markets, with incumbent areas remaining flat. The company’s footprint encompasses 585,340 locations.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Since the Summer of 2023, The Letter of Credit Coalition (in which the Mississippi Broadband Association was a member) has been working to ensure ISPs of all sizes and leadership models were able to financially participate in the BEAD program. Join Us “ MSBA’s Winter Broadband Summit ,” sponsored by KGPCo.,

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Rural Broadband Association

MARCH 11, 2025

Over her 22-year tenure, she helped transform the company from a party line system into a modern telecommunications provider, and she was inducted as a charter member of the Kansas Telecommunications Hall of Fame in 1995 for her work. Next, we have Bonnie Krause , who called West River Telecommunications Cooperative (WRT; Hazen, N.D.)

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Connecticut-based GoNetspeed, a fiber-optic provider in the region, maintained that without regulatory changes, current pole owners’ practices in Massachusetts may block the effective use of $147 million in broadband expansion funding designated for the state to deploy fiber and other broadband technologies.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

A California telecom and electrical cooperative says the state’s ongoing last-mile broadband grant program will help deploy affordable fiber to multiple communities across four heavily unserved and underserved California counties. million to upgrade 1,029 locations in Quincy from coaxial cable-based broadband to fiber.

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Blandin on Broadband

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

From the Office of Broadband Development… Broadband Matters: Office of Broadband Development Updates Digital Equity Capacity Grant, $12 million approved for Minnesota Digital Opportunity update BEAD Challenge, resources + update OBD, out of office! Office of Broadband Development team members, October 2024.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Press Release Thursday September 26 th , 2024: A further 4,500 homes and businesses across rural West Yorkshire and the York area can now access the fastest, most reliable broadband on the market, thanks to broadband provider Quickline Communications.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 2, 2024

2, 2024 – Minnesota is set to receive an historic $652 million for broadband expansion, but key requirements of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program could keep many in-state internet service providers from participating. billion broadband expansion program. WASHINGTON, Dec.

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Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

From the Office of Broadband Development… Broadband Matters: Office of Broadband Development Updates Governor’s Task Force on Broadband, September meeting recap Updates from NTIA on available funds for Native Entities Digital Opportunity Update Register for final BEAD Challenge office hours, Thursday Sept.

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Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 19, 2024

West Central Tribune reports … A new utility services company specializing in underground fiber construction, MC Fiber launched in late September, according to a news release from Meeker Cooperative Light and Power and Vibrant Broadband in Litchfield.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 15, 2025

It's the result of feedback the state received from ISPs after fielding its first round of applications under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. Colorado Get a snapshot view of broadband initiatives in Colorado. Colorado Get a snapshot view of broadband initiatives in Colorado. ” The $42.5

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

As federal broadband funding sources face  continued uncertainty , California’s massive last-mile grant program continues to plow ahead, looking increasingly like a vital lifeline for communities hoping to ensure that every individual has access to robust, reliable, and affordable Internet access.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Today the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy heard more about: HF47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. MN has good broadband. The certification program set to start this year could bring broadband deployment to a halt.

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JANUARY 29, 2025

Today the MN Seante Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development heard from the Office Broadband Development, Minnesota Telecom Alliance and MN Cable. Broadband is the first topic discussed about 15 minutes into the livestream.) MTA and MN Cable discuss their concerns and hopes for broadband funding in MN.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Under this model, multiple ISPs can offer services over the same broadband infrastructure. The Fiber Broadband Association is the voice of fiber. The promise is greater innovation and competition, and easy entrance into the market for some. What, if anything, have states been doing to prioritize open access fiber?

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Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 24, 2025

The National Conference of State Legislatures has a slick Broadband Policy Toolkit … This NCSL toolkit covers the state policy landscape and considerations to address broadband deployment, adoption and affordability, and provides a wide variety of resources for policymakers, including legislative tracking, issue briefs and podcasts.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 27, 2025

billion in federal funding flows into broadband network deployment through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, telecom strategists emphasized the need for applicants to think beyond network construction. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2025 – As $42.5

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The webinar provided updates on the new Safety-qualified Underground Telecommunications Installer Program from DLIs Sean ONeil (Director of Licensing & Enforcement, Construction Codes and Licensing Division) and Don Sivigny (Supervisor/Education, Rules, Codes, and Grants programs).

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

844, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; modifying provisions governing broadband workforce plan data; modifying investigative authority; modifying provisions governing underground telecommunications infrastructure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.395, 395, subdivision 9; 216B.17, 52 to 216B.61

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 30, 2024

The  California Public Utilities Commission  has announced another $237 million in new grants that will help fund broadband expansion across 21 different California towns, cities, counties, and tribal communities. The project will consist of roughly 37.9

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In its petition, VTel challenged the FCC’s process, arguing that the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau lacked the legal authority to grant EchoStar's extension without proper public input.

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