Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 5, 2025

The MN House Ag, Finance and Policy committee heard about HF47 : Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. Live Video Bills Added HF47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. MTA has an educational program.

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VoIP Review

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Rural broadband provider Quickline has launched its first telecoms apprenticeship program, marking a commitment to regional talent development. They shadow qualified engineers in installing full fiber broadband for rural homes and businesses in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 18, 2024

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

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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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

This bill is tangential to broadband but could relate directly to cable franchising, which does connect it to broadband. Minnesota House reports Nadeau, Norris and Carroll introduced: HF. 1740, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for community cable television programming.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2025 - Industry experts gathered Wednesday to assess the state of broadband connectivity in America, highlighting both significant progress and persistent challenges in closing the digital divide since the COVID-19 pandemic began. "We " Broadband Breakfast on March 12, 2025 - 5 Years On: Where Is Broadband Now?

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Blandin on Broadband

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Benton Institute for Broadband & Society reports This week, Congress passed the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 , this year’s version of theNational Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

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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

OCTOBER 8, 2024

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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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 30, 2024

New Hampshire is getting the gift that keeps on giving: $191 million in federal money to put every last residence and business in the state within reach of broadband internet service over the next five years. Get Broadband Breakfast's free daily newsletter every morning, Mon.-Fri. Want top news about tech and politics?

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Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

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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Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 16, 2024

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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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 3, 2024

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.,

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Rural Broadband Association

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Huron Telecommunications Co-operative Ltd. Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 02/12/2025 - 00:45 Partnerships The company serves manufacturing, health care, agricultural, and educational interests.

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Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

CTC reports … CTC recently partnered with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) to create the first broadband-centered apprenticeship for the states of Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota. Communications Workers of America Broadband JATC-Upper Midwest has been officially recognized by the U.S.

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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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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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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 19, 2025

Broadband Breakfast Peter Murray Jamaal Smith described how his company Kajeet provides a managed service where they own, deploy and manage the network for their clients. This Expert Opinion is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast. Broadband Breakfast accepts commentary from informed observers of the broadband scene.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 8, 2024

August 8, 2024 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced the approval of Missouri and Wyoming's Initial Proposals for the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program. Missouri was approved on Friday, and Wyoming on Thursday. Mike Parson.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 31, 2024

31, 2024 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration approved Thursday $36 million in funding for New York to implement its digital equity plan. WASHINGTON, Oct. The money comes from the agency’s $1.44

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 10, 2024

billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program aims to connect 25 million Americans currently without high-speed Internet access.   Establishing partnerships as well as initiating and administrating education and training that prepares individuals to be effective across this spectrum of jobs can take between 9 months to 1 year.

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Rural Broadband Association

MARCH 11, 2025

The network and professional development experienced through the NTCA Women in Telecom program offer a view of the telecommunications industry from the inside out, rather than the isolating and more difficult work seen from the outside in. Women supporting other women is magical and a superpower when shared! Promote to Featured Blog Off

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Blandin on Broadband

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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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

It's a legal dispute the Supreme Court has been asked to settle by Cox Communications, a major broadband ISP with about 6 million subscribers nationally. Lyons warned that holding broadband providers liable could lead to increased consumer costs, false positives, and privacy concerns. WASHINGTON, Sept. In a ruling by the U.S.

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Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Also a great example of a rural provider that is successfully providing world class broadband to their members… Paul Bunyan Communications is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the groundbreaking GigaZone all fiber optic network. Simply subscribe to a local phone line or GigaZone® Broadband Internet service and you become a member.

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Rural Broadband Association

MARCH 19, 2025

One of her proudest accomplishments was the creation of Consortias Connections conferences, which serve as a space to educate and advance womens careers in the rural broadband industry. Though she recently retired, the company grew significantly during Mauns tenure as CEO. Kristi Westbrock joined CTC (Brainerd, Minn.) To help people.

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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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VoIP Review

AUGUST 21, 2024

The government of Peru has unveiled a new plan to allocate spectrum directly to telecommunication operators, contingent on their commitments to expand coverage, rather than making cash payments. This initiative aims to bolster the deployment of public telecommunications services using 5G Standalone (SA) technology.

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Rural Broadband Association

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The tournament, whose February 23 championship finals will be streamed live at RTIME in San Antonio, represents more than just a gaming event it is proof of concept for rural broadband's role in the $1.8 billion esports industry. The Rural Rumble builds on NTCA's strategic push into esports, highlighted at 2024 RTIME and Fall Conference.

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Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Communities invest in telecommunications networks for a variety of reasons – economic development, improving access to education and health care, price stabilization, etc. They range from massive networks offering multi-gigabit service to hundreds of thousands of households to small towns connecting a few local businesses.

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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

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

and Ian Heath Gershengorn argued that any unilateral attempt by the Commission to treat broadband internet access service (BIAS) as a common carrier service under Title II of the  Communications Act of 1934  would be a “wasted effort.” This Expert Opinion is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast. Verrilli Jr.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The Albert Lea Tribune reports Winnebago Cooperative Telecom Association (WCTA) was recently named a Smart Connected Community (SCC) provider by NTCA The Rural Broadband Association. The SCC is a national network of communities powered by innovative broadband providers that are building a brighter future in their communities.

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Rural Broadband Association

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

These sentiments were not grounded solely in that historic legislative development but had rather been simmering since the first COVID relief bills implicated potential broadband buildouts. At an industry meeting in the spring of 2021, a contractor confided that if he were fully staffed, he could secure enough work for the next two years.

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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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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 10, 2024

These projects, while still in the experimental phase, promise to revolutionize industries from telecommunications to manufacturing, she said. With experimental licenses in hand, companies are exploring how to build essential infrastructure and tools directly in orbit, reducing the reliance on Earth-based manufacturing and transportation. 

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