Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 9, 2024

9, 2024 – With billions in federal broadband funding at stake, Ookla is calling on the Federal Communications Commission to get serious about real-time data, warning that outdated maps could misdirect funds away from communities who need it most. WASHINGTON, Oct.

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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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

18, 2024 – Modern broadband should be considered a telecommunications service subject to utility-style regulation, a former Federal Communications Commission staffer told federal judges Tuesday. Broadband trade groups trying to strike down the rules had an early success invoking the Supreme Court’s major questions rule.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 8, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 8, 2024 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration released a report analyzing federal broadband investments in fiscal year 2022 on Wednesday. residents receiving access to high-speed internet through those programs. billion in obligations. billion in obligations. billion to $14.7

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 21, 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. David Zumwalt  is President and CEO of WISPA – Broadband Without Boundaries.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

WASHINGTON, September 21, 2024 – Expanding broadband access to all Americans will require accurate data collection and mapping to ensure that funding and resources are allocated effectively.  Broadband Breakfast on September 18, 2024 - Measuring Broadband: What’s the Next Step?

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 25, 2024

During a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event on Wednesday, Brian Allenby , senior director of program operations at Maine Connectivity Authority, emphasized that the state’s "Working Internet ASAP" program aims to provide immediate connectivity while waiting for permanent solutions. "These WASHINGTON, Oct.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration has approved digital equity plans for several states as part of its broader Digital Equity Act initiative. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.

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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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

WASHINGTON, September 12, 2024 – The Federal Communications Commission is cracking down on Internet providers that withhold information on where they are providing service.   The FCC uses this data to create coverage maps and assess the state of broadband coverage in the United States.

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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

OCTOBER 10, 2024

10, 2024 - A regional internet service provider said it has become the first company to demonstrate ultra-high-speed fiber internet to a tribal community. provides broadband access to more than 10,000 locations in North Central Oklahoma. under its Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program. WASHINGTON, Oct.

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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 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. John Windhausen Jr.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

12, 2024 – Amid growing calls to raise the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband speed benchmark, major industry groups have urged the FCC to hold steady at the 100 * 20 Megabits per second (Mbps) standard it adopted just this year. WASHINGTON, Nov.

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VoIP Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

These advertisements claimed that customers could “switch from BT to Vodafone and get the same broadband for less.” ” Additionally, Vodafone asserted that “millions of BT customers across the UK are realizing they can switch to Vodafone and get the same broadband for less.”

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Additionally, SK Telecom is working on “Edge AI,” which integrates mobile networks with AI computing to reduce latency and improve security.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 20, 2025

20, 2025 — Analysts at the Competitive Enterprise Institute are urging Congress to enact broad telecommunications reforms as outlined in CEI’s Jan.14 However, more than three years since BEAD's passage, not a single person has been connected to the internet by a BEADA-funded project. WASHINGTON, Jan.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 28, 2024

Prior to his work at NTUF, he was a First Amendment litigator and Executive Editor of the Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law (now the Colorado Tech Journal). Breakfast Media LLC CEO  Drew Clark  has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008.

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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

AUGUST 7, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2024 – In a bid to prevent duplication of federal broadband funding, Resound Networks has asked the Federal Communications Commission for a waiver to give up certain Rural Digital Opportunity Fund obligations on Tribal lands.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 13, 2025

13, 2025 – Hawaii officials are hoping to achieve a groundbreaking landmark in the world of fiber-optic internet.   This broadband investment includes about $107 million in funding that will come from federal and state broadband infrastructure programs.   WASHINGTON, Jan.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 22, 2024

In the Asia-Pacific region, the optical industry is booming, which promotes the popularization and quality improvement of broadband. He stressed that NBTC plans to increase broadband penetration to 80% by 2025. Viewpoint On August 14, 2024, 200 industry leaders and experts from around the world attended the Asia-Pacific F5.5G

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Blandin on Broadband

DECEMBER 30, 2024

62 Kandiyohi County: bumped up to yellow ranking Kandiyohi Countys rank has bumped up from 74 to 60 for broadband access out of 87 counties. Kandiyohi is creating partnerships that should help them get better broadband, especially when federal (BEAD) funding becomes available. million to get ubiquitous broadband in the county. (I

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Blandin on Broadband

AUGUST 10, 2024

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the statement below following the unanimous Senate Commerce Committee passage of the bipartisan Rural Broadband Protection Act. We should be able to bring high-speed internet to every family in Minnesota— regardless of their zip code,” said Klobuchar.

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Blandin on Broadband

DECEMBER 3, 2024

An invitation from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration… NTIA Internet Use Survey 30 th Anniversary Celebration December 5 th , 3:00-4:30 p.m. Please join NTIA, our Census Bureau colleagues, and special guests as we mark this important milestone on December 5th from 3:00-4:30 p.m.

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Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 10, 2025

In the telecommunications industry at the time, it was common to hear of promising innovations, even if they didnt all live up to the hype. based company, Its a milestone marked by a transformation from a small, rural telephone company to one of the nations largest independent broadband providers.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 17, 2024

16, 2024 – With millions of Americans still struggling to afford internet access, a new report sheds light on how future broadband affordability programs could better target those in need.    Broadband Affordability: What Should Change? WASHINGTON, Oct.   An estimated 54.1 million households, or 41% of U.S.

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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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EldoTelecom

MAY 18, 2024

The task is complicated by a FCC rulemaking issued in 2019 ( DA/FCC #: FCC-19-80 ) that bars states from regulating most non-cable services including Internet access service offered over a cable system by an incumbent cable operator. That led a shift in regulatory policy, creating "video franchises." Follow on Twitter @eldotelecom

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 28, 2024

28, 2024 – Talkie Communications, a small fiber-to-the-home Internet Service Provider, is asking Washington officials to reject Delaware's Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program awards unveiled a few weeks ago and require the state to re-open the application process. WASHINGTON, Dec. Treasury Department.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey 's office has unveiled a  new round of broadband grants  that will expand fiber access to unserved homes and businesses across 23 Alabama counties. Another big winner in this latest round of Alabama broadband grants was rural phone cooperative  Farmers Telecommunications Corp.

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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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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. The Tribe had been working for nearly two years on the plans of the network and has convened a broadband task force to guide the initiative.

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Blandin on Broadband

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

MinnPost reports on MTA’s reaction to BEAD funding… While Minnesota will be receiving $652 million from the federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program to help fund broadband access projects across the state, many internet service providers might not opt-in over frustrations with the program. “My

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

12, 2024 – As federal regulators prepare their latest report on the state of internet access across the U.S., ” Benton highlighted that despite physical broadband deployment, 43 percent of low-income U.S. households in 2024 remain “subscription vulnerable” due to the high cost of monthly internet bills.

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Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 15, 2025

Participating in the pre-qualification process does not bind any internet service provider to submit a project area proposal. Office hours registration + broadband webinars Last week, OBD held two webinars to provide up to date information on timelines and next steps for both the federal funding for Digital Equity Act and BEAD in Minnesota.

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