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How Reliable is Our Nation's – and the World's – Broadband Infrastructure?

Broadband Breakfast

Were readers of this publication to present at a telecom conference on the topic of broadband reliability, outages might not be top of mind.  More pointedly, in today’s technology-centric ecosystems, to not have broadband means the real potential for societal catastrophe. 

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How to check broadband speed in pc?

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Are you tired of experiencing slow internet speeds on your PC and want to check how fast your broadband connection really is? How to Know Broadband Speed The easiest way to check your broadband speed on your PC is by using online broadband speed test tools.

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GPS Does Need a Backup, Terrestrial Is the Answer – But Which Terrestrial?

Broadband Breakfast

Thanks to Loretta Sanchez and Greg Walden for highlighting America’s critical over-dependence on GPS , and how vulnerable those signals are to many forms of mischief. China, Russia, and others are not nearly as vulnerable to disruption of essential positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) signals from space as we are.

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Court Pauses Challenge to FCC’s USF Forbearance Policy

Broadband Breakfast

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit  agreed Friday to pause consumer groups’ effort to require Internet Service Providers to contribute to a multibillion broadband subsidy program run by the  Federal Communications Commission. It remanded the issue to the FCC, which has signaled an intent to appeal.

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Some Educators Urge FCC to Go Beyond Wi-Fi Hotspots

Broadband Breakfast

LAUSD, serving over 500,000 students, echoed this in its petition Friday, urging the FCC to allow cellular broadband service to be eligible for E-Rate funding without requiring a hotspot device.  Devices without such service or non-hotspot Wi-Fi-enabled devices were excluded from support.

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Small Texas City Losing Cable TV, Keeping Internet after Network Sale

Broadband Breakfast

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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how to get maximum speed from wifi router

ACT Corp

It takes the internet signal from your modem and turns it into a wireless high speed internet connection so your devices can access the web freely, WiFi routers come with varying strengths and speeds depending on their features and the kind of internet plan you have, like broadband or WiFi speed with gigabit internet.

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