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Vermont Looks To Bring Oasis of Fiber-Connected Telehealth Hubs to ‘Healthcare Deserts’

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Many rural healthcare facilities are struggling to keep their doors open. Add to that the looming federal budget crisis  threatening to end Medicare payments for telehealth  and the urgency of what a coalition of Vermont healthcare leaders, librarians, and state broadband officials are doing comes into view. 

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Visionary Broadband Expands Service 10,000 Rural Homes

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March 10, 2025 – Visionary Broadband, and Internet Service Provider, said on March 1 that it had extended its high-speed broadband service to more than 10,000 homes across Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana. Access to high-speed fiber broadband is a necessity,” said Brian Worthen , CEO of Visionary Broadband.

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FBA CEO defends rural fiber subsides at Connected America

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News By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities The Fiber Broadband Association CEO pushes back against rhetoric questioning the feasibility of subsidizing rural fiber at Connected America. Learn more about Broadband Communities Summit 2025 in Houston. Also, click here to subscribe to the Broadband Communities newsletter.

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will no longer cover costs for high-speed internet for rural healthcare providers

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CMS.gov reports The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking action to preserve the core mission of the Medicaid program by putting an end to spending that duplicates resources available through other federal and state programs or isnt directly tied to healthcare services.Mounting expenditures, such as covering housekeeping for (..)

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F5.5G 10Gbps all-optical broadband ushers in the intelligent era: Huawei successfully holds the all-optical access innovation forum

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Contributed Article [Paris, France, October 9, 2024] During Network X 2024 — Broadband World Forum (BBWF), Huawei teamed up with carriers and Informa to hold the All-Optical Access Innovation Summit, bringing together heavyweight analysts, carrier customers, and Huawei experts. all-optical intelligent access networks.

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USF Funding Exceeded $8.5 Billion in 2024

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billion mostly used to bolster the finances of rural-based broadband providers. billion supporting rural broadband ISPs, $2.6 million on rural healthcare services. WASHINGTON, Apr. million Lifeline program, the USF spent $4.5 billion funding access to the internet for schools and libraries through the E-Rate program, and $531.7

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Telecom Industry Launches Coalition to Push Congress on USF Fix

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Established by the Federal Communications Commission in 1997, the fund helps deliver broadband and phone services at just, reasonable, and affordable rates to rural communities, low-income households, schools, libraries, and healthcare providers. million students.    Additionally, 7.6

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