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FCC Urged to Improve Approach to Collecting Broadband Data

Broadband Breakfast

8, 2024 – A fair distribution of broadband subsidies might not be possible if federal regulators fail to understand who needs assistance – particularly when broadband availability data, especially for fixed wireless coverage, is often overstated in rural and underserved areas. WASHINGTON, Oct.   The $42.5

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Panelists Disagree Over Taxes and Fees for Broadband and Streaming Services

Broadband Breakfast

18, 2024 — As traditional cable TV subscriptions decline, a debate over the appropriate compensation from communication services using public rights of way took center stage during a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event Wednesday. ” However, efforts to tax streaming services or impose broadband fees have faced legal roadblocks.

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Broadband Breakfast on August 7, 2024 - Live from Mountain Connect 2024

Broadband Breakfast

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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Quickline powers ahead in government funded push to connect rural Yorkshire  

Total Telecom

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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Sen Klobuchar on BEAD/Federal approval of Minnesota Broadband Infrastructure Plan

Blandin on Broadband

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), a senior member of the Senate Commerce Committee, announced that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) at the U.S. Department of Commerce approved Minnesota’s plan for broadband infrastructure deployment. In June 2023, Klobuchar announced that the U.S.

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Connecticut has 99 percent broadband coverage – but so do many MN Counties. What can we learn?

Blandin on Broadband

Their broadband coverage is good (99 percent) but adoption could use some help. That roughly 12% gap means the state has other priorities for broadband funding than many less-well-connected states. That’s what Connecticut’s Director of Telecommunications and Broadband Kevin Pisacich told Telecompetitor when he spoke with us recently.

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Digital Equity Executives Advise on Closing Digital Divide

Broadband Breakfast

The panel discussed digital equity in the contexts of digital literacy and education. Angela Bennett , Digital Equity Director at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, asserted that state broadband offices must work with communities closely while building out infrastructure. 2-4) in Arlington, Va.,