Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 17, 2025

” But since then, unlicensed spectrum has enabled technologies like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to change how Americans access the internet – at home, at work, and on the go. Wi-Fi Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative. wireless usage?

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

27, 2025 – House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans blocked efforts to expand Congressional oversight of broadband affordability and the Federal Communications Commission, during a contentious 12-hour markup session Tuesday. “Unfortunately, this committee's oversight plan only prioritizes broadband availability.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 28, 2024

After much back-and-forth, the Senate overwhelmingly passed two bills aimed at protecting kids on social media. would require social media companies to implement more robust safeguards for young users, but critics warn they could end up stifling free speech and stirring up a nest of privacy issues. KOSA and COPPA 2.0

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 24, 2025

As social media platforms compete for younger audiences, questions about their responsibility to protect kids online are gaining attention. As CEO and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media community advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 1, 2025

At a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event Wednesday , representatives from major telecommunications associations and local governments discussed the growing problem and potential solutions. "Over She leads the association’s efforts on state and third party engagement on policy issues impacting the broadband industry.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 21, 2024

The new FAST channels are powered by Harmonic’s VOS®360 Media SaaS, which simplifies all stages of media processing, including advanced playout, powerful graphics insertion, premium OTT encoding and distribution. Leveraging the VOS360 Media platform, RTL can easily create and deploy additional FAST channels at scale.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 9, 2024

– Mobile Private Network The Startup of the Year Award The winner of this Award will be decided by a panel of judges live at Connected Britain Join us at Connected Britain 2024, the UK’s largest digital economy event.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 13, 2025

million people without access to mobile internet Today, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced it will begin its 3G shutdown in the city of Durham in April, before expanding to the rest of the UK by the end of the year. million people without mobile broadband following the 3G sunsetting.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 4, 2025

Here are three proposals for common-sense solutions to improve the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program of the U.S. Topic #1: Fiber Priority When we consider broadband infrastructure as a 30-year investment rather than focusing on speed targets, the case for building fiber networks in rural areas becomes clear.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Viewpoints California is aggressively attacking the digital divide with investment and a belief in broadband. By Brad Randall, Editor at Broadband Communities As America’s most-populated state, California still has a population density lower than Ohio, despite having a land area nearly four times larger. Here’s why that matters.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In 2022, the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program largely excluded satellite broadband from its Notice of Funding Opportunity, due to reliability concerns over the technology's nascent state. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 12, 2025

WASHINGTON, March 12, 2025 - Comcast, the global media and technology company, has announced that it has upgraded Xfinity Internet upload speeds for more than 20 million customers for no additional cost. 

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Across America, municipalities are embroiled in a controversial push to tax streaming video and broadband services. Some cities are lobbying to classify Netflix and its ilk as "utilities," while others urge the FCC to lift restrictions on broadband fees. What led to the push for these taxes in the first place?

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 4, 2024

With federal broadband funding flowing, how do we ensure funded networks actually deliver the promised speeds? Join us to discover the best practices for accurate speed testing for ISPs participating in federal broadband programs. Breakfast Media LLC CEO  Drew Clark  has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In July 2024, the FCC voted to expand its E-rate Funding program, which has traditionally subsidized internet access for eligible schools and libraries, to off-premise Wi-Fi hotspots. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.

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All West Telecommunications

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In today's fast-paced digital world, small business internet and phone services have become indispensable tools for driving growth, enhancing customer interaction, and ensuring operational efficiency. Clear Understanding of the Essentials For small businesses, maintaining a reliable internet and phone infrastructure is critical.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

  Collectively, there is something else we all can do to support these heroes: expand veteran access to broadband technology and the internet. In Pittsburgh, a third of all seniors and households making less than $20,000 do not have broadband access. About 75% of the commonwealth is considered rural.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

6,000) will soon experience a shift in its media landscape as TDS Telecom plans to discontinue its cable TV service there by Sept. "I was made aware of the sale when I received a notice in the mail from TDS indicating the upcoming changes," Mayor Eaves told Broadband Breakfast. "To Alpine, Texas (pop.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

11, 2025) Thousands of Miami County residents and businesses will soon have access to faster, more reliable Internet with a joint investment from Comcast, the Indiana Broadband Office (IBO) and the Indiana Office of Community & Rural Affairs (OCRA).

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Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 20, 2024

St Cloud Live reports … Minnesota’s Border-to-Border Broadband Development grant program gave Stearns County another $1.25 million to support expansion projects in Paynesville Township and the Wakefield and Luxemburg areas, according to a county media release. The combined cost of the expansion projects is $2.8

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

5, 2025 – A bill to bar children under 13 from accessing social media sparked the most controversy at a Senate Commerce Committee markup session on Wednesday. The Kids Off Social Media Act, reintroduced last week by Committee Chair Sen. 98 – Rural Broadband Protection Act : Introduced by Sen. WASHINGTON, Feb.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 4, 2025

As states like Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Washington receive their BEAD funding and additional federal funds towards broadband expansion, creativity in implementation is ripe for the picking. For years, rural communities in the Mountain States region have faced a consistent challenge - lack of access to high-speed internet.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Vodafone also claimed that “millions of BT customers across the UK are realising they can switch to Vodafone and get the same broadband for less”. Because the claims in the ads would be understood to relate to the full internet connection up to the device, rather than to the router, we considered the data did not support the claims. “We

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Join us for a special "Books on Broadband" live stream on Wednesday at 12 Noon ET, featuring Dr. Nicol Turner Lee as she discusses her new book, "Digitally Invisible." Breakfast Media LLC CEO  Drew Clark  has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Sign up for BroadbandLive on Zoom Panelists Panelists have been invited Drew Clark  (moderator), CEO and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast Breakfast Media LLC CEO  Drew Clark  has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

SALT LAKE CITY, September 11, 2024 – A federal judge in Utah has temporarily blocked  a social media access law  that leaders said was meant to protect the personal privacy of children and limit their use of such platforms, saying it is unconstitutional. The law was set to take effect on Oct. Republican Gov. to 6:30 a.m.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 14, 2025

Securus's has invested in broadband infrastructure and the development of LTE and Wi-Fi-compatible tablets to continue expanding digital access. 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

APRIL 22, 2025

The Federal Communications Commission estimates that demand for wireless services will more than triple in the next five years, fueled by emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, and next-generation broadband. This Expert Opinion is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast.   Innovation is not partisan.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

13, 2024 – Two tech think tanks want the Supreme Court to block states from regulating retail broadband rates. It seeks “to preserve the vibrant and competitive free market … for the Internet … unfettered by Federal or State regulation.” WASHINGTON, Sept. ” 47 U.S.C. §§

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In July 2024, the FCC voted to expand its E-rate Funding program, which has traditionally subsidized internet access for eligible schools and libraries, to off-premise Wi-Fi hotspots. As executive director, he spearheads SHLB's membership growth and shapes its broadband policy recommendations. What happens next?

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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

APRIL 15, 2025

Today, full participation in society requires access to both home broadband and mobile data services. To reflect this reality, the Commission should update Lifelines benefit structure to allow simultaneous support for both fixed broadband and wireless service. Delete Barriers to ISP Participation in Lifeline.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Join Broadband Breakfast as Broadband Breakfast Live Online comes before C-SPAN's national television audience. "Next This event marks the opportunity to bring critical conversations about digital inclusion and broadband access to new viewers across the country.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

billion program critical to expanding broadband access in rural and underserved areas. The USF plays a central role in funding several telecommunications programs, including: E-Rate : Discounted internet access for schools and libraries, with $2.46 WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2024 – The U.S. billion allocated in FY 2023.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 6, 2024

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals threw federal broadband policy into chaos recently by declaring the Universal Service Fund unconstitutional. The goal of USF should be to close the digital divide by getting people who don’t yet have Internet service online. Up until now, USF has gotten its priorities backwards.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 21, 2025

Now that the lengthy legal beef has been settled and New York’s  Affordable Broadband Act is set to take effect this month, it marks a potentially pivotal moment in a national effort to address one of the biggest barriers to broadband adoption:  Affordability.

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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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