Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Expansion news from Paul Bunyan Communications… Paul Bunyan Communications is making good progress on its broadband expansion in Aitkin County. Anyone in these expansion areas interested in getting connected to the all-fiber optic broadband network should sign up for service now before construction is done.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Rural broadband Internet in this country for the most part remains monopolized, overpriced, insufficiently fast, hampering economic growth and resilience, as well as educational and healthcare  opportunities.  This  Internet is no longer a luxury, but a necessity, and these ratings should be a disgrace to us all.

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Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Paul Bunyan Communications is making good progress on its broadband expansion in St. Once the network is operational this winter, those who have signed up will be contacted to schedule services to be installed. The cooperative will return to bring the network up to locations with no construction fee when feasible. Louis County.

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Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The Center on Rural Innovation looks at the role of broadband in rural economic growth and resilience. The cooperative’s investments, including the $100 million GigaZone project , northern Minnesota’s first high-speed gigabit fiber network, have positioned Bemidji and surrounding areas as innovative, connected communities.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

This work is part of Project Gigabit, a government-funded programme to enable hard-to-reach communities to get fast, reliable broadband. All the homes and businesses being connected across South Wiltshire and North Dorset will benefit from full fibre broadband, also known as Fibre to the Premises (FTTP). The contract is worth £18.8

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Blandin on Broadband

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 Blandin Foundation has supported Native networks in Minnesota.) Plans for a network began in the mid 2000s and grew and evolved over time.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

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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Blandin on Broadband

DECEMBER 30, 2024

36 Hubbard County: code from going from red to yellow to green in three years Hubbard County ranks 21 (up one place) for broadband access out of 87 counties. Over the years, Hubbard County (or cities within) has not invested to match any successful MN Broadband grants. Hubbard County will not benefit from a 2024 MN Broadband grant.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, September 16, 2024 - Federal regulators have approved the sale of two TDS Telecom networks to RiverStreet Management Services. entered into a stock purchase agreement to transfer ownership of Amelia Telephone Corp. and New Castle Telephone Co., and New Castle Telephone Co., TDS, based in Madison, Wis.

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TELCO

APRIL 23, 2024

MANSFIELD, MA April 5, 2024– Mountain Telephone, a leading telecommunications provider serving communities in Kentucky for nearly 75 years, announces the deployment of Telco Systems’ multi-100G solution to upgrade its network infrastructure.

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Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The Institute for Local Self Reliance has released their new version of our Community Network Map , showing where municipal networks operate across the United States and how they are acting to bring new service, competition, and more affordable connectivity to places around the country. I found 38 communities searching for Minnesota.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The Senate Committee on Taxes heard two bills that talked about tax exemptions for broadband equipment. Right now, the exemption relies on how people are using the network. If its TV or telephone, they provider are exemption for taxes (for some equipment). As of Jan 2025, 395,000 households dont have broadband.

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Blandin on Broadband

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Now the cooperative broadband installation supervisor is coming full circle, helping build a fiber-optic network for the popular retreat with donations and volunteers. NRECA reports… Lake Beauty Bible Camp in central Minnesota is where Josh Carlson learned the value of giving back. I really appreciate what camp did for me.”

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Blandin on Broadband

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This is part two of a 2-part series of posts on local government match for MN Broadband grants (Border to Border and Lower Population awards) since the onset of the program. Looks like 44 counties or tribal areas have seen local government match for MN Broadband grants. There is also a document that details that information.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 9, 2025

  The difference highlights ongoing debates within federal broadband policy over what constitutes "sufficient" internet access. Pulse, a division of Loveland Water and Power, operates a 100% fiber-optic broadband network, providing high-speed internet to homes and businesses across the region.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 12, 2024

12, 2024 – The communications arm of an Arkansas electric cooperative is offering thousands of its Internet customers free broadband and streaming services for a month as compensation for the loss of linear video service caused by a recent "cyber incident." WASHINGTON, Oct. " OzarksGo in Fayetteville, Ark., said the Oct.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 16, 2025

Conexon Connect  has completed its first fiber to the home project in Florida, a 2,000-mile network launched in partnership with  Escambia River Electric Cooperative. million, two Broadband Opportunity Program grants totaling $5.9 million, and a Broadband Infrastructure Program grant of $9.6

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 2, 2024

A well-designed Wi-Fi 7 network, with extra-large 320 megahertz channels, can deliver 3 Gbps from access point to device, according to my tests. Starving fixed wireless access While Wi-Fi is floundering, general purpose 5G networks are gasping for air. Richard Bennett has contributed to IEEE 802 network standards since 1984.

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Airtel

OCTOBER 9, 2024

We all are well acquainted with the term broadband. But do you know the actual meaning of broadband? Broadband data transmission is the transmission of high-quality data over a large bandwidth. WiFi, DSL, fibre, and satellite connections are examples of broadband connectivity. Buy Airtel Broadband with exciting benefits!

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Blandin on Broadband

AUGUST 19, 2024

It was a great day to see more folks get better broadband in Cloquet MN. The Cloquet Broadband Vision: To ensure access to affordable, reliable, high-speed fiber internet delivered by a committed capable community partner skilled in maintaining and operating a successful broadband network. More info from CTC.

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Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 22, 2025

Mille Lacs Reservation has seen steady progress toward ubiquitous broadband over the years. In 2015, Mille Lacs County developed a broadband feasibility study that included a brief statement on connectivity on the reservation; they were focusing fiber on their casino, tribal headquarters and a few other businesses.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 11, 2025

To all the persistently negative and noisy broadband fiber network naysayers, I want to follow up on my previous article on the deployment of a fiber broadband Internet infrastructure. They say that you can’t get people to temporarily work and live in these remote areas to build this network. What do miners do?

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EldoTelecom

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Internet connectivity is regarded as a utility as was voice telephone service before it where most every address had service. Another probable factor that began to take off in the following decade is the smartphone.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

“With Kinetic’s investment and the support of federal and state grants, we are well-equipped to expand our network, reaching more rural communities with high-quality broadband.” Kinetic Ventures, based in Atlanta, provides growth capital to broadband providers in rural and unserved communities.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

11, 2024 – The Open Technology Institute and Public Knowledge are supporting EchoStar’s extended deadline for rolling out a new 5G wireless network. and serves more than 978,000 subscribers with internet access through Hughes Network Systems, a satellite operator subsidiary. WASHINGTON, Nov.

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Rural Broadband Association

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The tournament illustrated the interconnectivity of networks that not only connected gamers from across the country, but which also enabled a coordinated streamcast relying on pros in Alaska, Georgia and Minnesota. Jaylen Bryant (Bulloch Telephone Services, Statesboro, Ga.) billion esports industry. billion esports industry.

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Rural Broadband Association

AUGUST 21, 2024

Another Wildly Successful Congressional Broadband Tour Send to all affiliates Off user_1153020 Wed, 08/21/2024 - 11:06 Byline By Pam Becker, Executive Director, Foundation for Rural Service Associated Date Wed, 08/21/2024 - 12:00 Advanced Content Section Power, permits and PDX.

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Rural Broadband Association

JULY 2, 2024

The event, hosted by six Smart Rural Community SM (SRC) providers and NTCA members from across Missouri, served as a unique opportunity to highlight all things good about fiber broadband and the work of community-based providers in Missouri. Participating Providers Chariton Valley Broadband, LLC (Macon, Mo.)

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

21, 2025 – Pennsylvania broadband advocates pressed the state’s Public Utility Commission on Thursday to require state-specific consumer protections before approving Verizon’s proposed acquisition of Frontier Communications.   “Part of the question is, will there be public benefits?,”

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TELCO

APRIL 22, 2024

Building on the initial success of the Edgility deployment, the contract extends and expands the original agreement that was entered into in 2021, when Edgility was selected as the virtualization platform for CEMEX’s new communications network. The extended agreement underscores the versatility of the Edgility platform.

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IEEE ComSoc

AUGUST 2, 2024

AT&T and Verizon are spending billions of dollars to grow their existing fiber-optic networks and add to the millions of broadband clients they already serve, mostly in regions covered by their historical landline-telephone infrastructure.

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CADY

MAY 22, 2024

However, to ensure a seamless transition and maintain high-quality service, it's crucial to prepare your network thoroughly. In this article, we will guide you through the essential steps to get your network ready for VoIP. First, let's discuss why you need to prepare your network for VoIP. Why Switch to VoIP?

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US Telecom

AUGUST 26, 2024

“On behalf of our employees, our board of directors, and everybody involved, we just want to say thank you from the bottom of our hearts,” said Tom Preston, DUO Broadband, in a statement sent to the governor to express his appreciation. DUO is proud of its rural history and has been operating in rural Kentucky since 1954.

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Airtel

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Buy Airtel Broadband with exciting benefits! The torchbearer of all phone connections, a landline is the oldest form of telephonic connection that allows users to transmit audio from one location to another. The traditional landline requires physical infrastructure including, telephone lines, cables, and switching stations.

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USTELECOM

MARCH 25, 2024

Today, the march of progress has finally come for the old copper networks that long ago served as the primary conduit for landlines. High-speed broadband emerged from the pandemic as an essential bridge to economic opportunity, health care, education, and more. Almost all “home phones” today are already powered by broadband.

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EldoTelecom

MAY 18, 2024

In the case of an area served by a rural telephone company, “service area” means such company’s “study area” unless and until the Commission and the States, after taking into account recommendations of a Federal-State Joint Board instituted under section 410(c) of this title , establish a different definition of service area for such company.

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TechAdvance

JUNE 6, 2024

Understanding the PSTN Switch Off BT Group’s decision to phase out the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) is driven by the need to replace ageing and outdated technology with more reliable and efficient digital alternatives. Why the Delay? Key Changes and Improvements 1.

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