Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2025 - Experts in agriculture and telecommunications agreed Wednesday that effective precision agriculture implementation requires a comprehensive, technology-neutral approach to connectivity, rather than relying on any single broadband solution. "The Broadband Breakfast Rachelle Medalia

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The £58 million contract, awarded in January 2024 by the UK government, will see Connexin roll out lightning-fast, reliable broadband to rural communities throughout  Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire. Connexin will soon move onto the build stage, which will see the first premises connected by early 2025.

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Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 16, 2025

Department of Agriculture, the Board of Animal Health, the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, and the Office of Broadband Development budget established; policy and technical changes made to agricultural and broadband provisions; rulemaking authorized; reports required; and money appropriated. HF1722 (Davids) U.S.

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MARCH 14, 2025

million from the General Fund for the Department of Agriculture, plus several other agencies and programs under the purview of the committee, including the Office of Broadband Development. million to the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute; and $2 million for broadband development. The funding request is $17.1

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Tony Evers (D) seeking $750 million in state funding to supplement federal broadband dollars was removed during final stages from the state’s 2023-25 budget by Republican lawmakers on the Joint Finance Committee. Evers has expressed that he will continue to advocate for state broadband funding in the next budget cycle. 

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Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 31, 2025

The MN Senate Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development reports… Friday, April 4th, 2025 10:30 AM Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development Chair: Sen. Aric Putnam Location: 1100 Minnesota Senate Bldg.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 16, 2024 – In the second quarter, the pattern looked familiar among publicly traded broadband Internet Service Providers: The wireline variety as a group lost subscribers, while fixed wireless access providers posted solid gains. Smaller ISPs’ results also varied based on the technology they provision.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

5, 2024 – Broadband providers looking to block New York’s Affordable Broadband Act are worried other states would enact similar laws, they told the Supreme Court last week. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 reply brief.   “The ABA was enacted more than three years ago,” she wrote.

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Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 9, 2025

Pete Johnson on HF47: Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified Before last year, the broadband industry was an outlier in the utilities world, with almost no worker-training requirements. To address these concerns, the Minnesota Legislature passed the 2024 Broadband Safety Bill.

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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

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

has reintroduced a bill directing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to develop a national broadband strategy. “The PLAN for Broadband Act would prevent wasteful spending and help streamline communication and coordination between the agencies tasked with rolling out broadband initiatives.

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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

AUGUST 8, 2024

DENVER, August 8, 2024 – State broadband directors from the the midwest shared updates on their Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program rollouts, and discussed efforts to prevent provider defaults at a Tuesday Mountain Connect panel. Wisconsin's Volume 2 proposal was approved on August 6, the same day of the panel.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

16, 2024 – Broadband ISPs have a request for the highest court in the land: Don't let the 50 states set the retail price of Internet access. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld in April New York’s Affordable Broadband Act, which requires ISPs to offer service at $20 per month or less for low-income households.

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Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 26, 2025

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) reports … We asked broadband officials and industry stakeholders to identify challenges they face with deploying broadband to underserved and unserved locations.

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Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 4, 2025

Live Video Bills Added HF47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. Happening tomorrow (Mar 5) online and in person… Wednesday, March 5, 2025 , 1:00 PM Time Note: The committee will reconvene at 6:30 p.m. Agriculture Finance and Policy Chair: Rep.

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Light Reading

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

OpenVault's new study found that upstream usage is still strong as the rate of downstream usage has dipped despite a boost in provisioned speeds. Meanwhile, OpenVault's DOCSIS 3.1 optimizer is getting results.

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Light Reading

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Air Wireless says it has developed a way for cable operators to extend broadband wirelessly off of the fiber node using a platform that taps into existing DOCSIS backoffice and provisioning systems and DOCSIS 3.1 cable modems.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 30, 2024

New Hampshire is getting the gift that keeps on giving: $191 million in federal money to put every last residence and business in the state within reach of broadband internet service over the next five years. Get Broadband Breakfast's free daily newsletter every morning, Mon.-Fri. Want top news about tech and politics?

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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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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 9, 2024

9, 2024 – Service members living in unaccompanied housing may soon enjoy free broadband internet access under a key provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. WASHINGTON, Dec.

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Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 24, 2025

The National Conference of State Legislatures has a slick Broadband Policy Toolkit … This NCSL toolkit covers the state policy landscape and considerations to address broadband deployment, adoption and affordability, and provides a wide variety of resources for policymakers, including legislative tracking, issue briefs and podcasts.

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Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 24, 2025

Looks like broadband is on the agenda January 29 for the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development … Wednesday, January 29th, 2025 3:00 PM Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development Chair: Senator Torrey N. Westrom and Senator Aric Putnam Location: 1150 Minnesota Senate Bldg.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 5, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 5, 2024 – The Federal Communications Commission has approved RiverStreet Communications’s request to hand over more than 3,700 subsidized locations to EMPOWER Broadband.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified II. Dave Baker Location: Capitol G3 Agenda: H.F.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Today the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy heard more about: HF47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. MN has good broadband. The certification program set to start this year could bring broadband deployment to a halt.

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VoIP Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Nokia and ZCorum have collaborated to develop a DOCSIS Provisioning Adapter (DPA) application designed to streamline the transition of cable operators to fiber networks. DPA will allow them to focus on fiber deployment where needed, without the need to immediately deploy a second provisioning system.”

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Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 23, 2025

The Wadena Pioneer Journal reports Since 1950, West Central Telephone Association (WCTA) has been a foundation for communication in rural communities, bridging the gap between neighbors and businesses.

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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. It eventually reached more than 23 million American households.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Their concerns involve not only video but also broadband. The association specifically cited GCI in Alaska as relying “ exclusively on satellite technology for the provision of basic telephone service, medical service, and distance learning.” WASHINGTON, Oct. billion purchase of Intelsat.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 10, 2025

As the scale of the broadband access network increases, the traditional ODNs face a series of challenges in applications. The traditional ODN cannot meet the requirements of high-quality development of fiber broadband networks due to long construction period, high deployment cost, difficult fiber management, and slow troubleshooting.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 29, 2024

Faced with Petitioners’ arguments that the Rule exceeds the FCC’s authority under Section 222(a) of the Communications Act, the FCC downplays its previous reliance on that provision and instead pivots to Section 201(b). Section 201(b) requires telecom carrier practices be “just and Reasonable."

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Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 31, 2025

883 :A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for fiber and conduit used in broadband and Internet access services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.68, new text end new text begin Fiber and conduit; broadband and Internet access. 68, by adding a subdivision.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 22, 2024

“Tribal communities will only receive adequate broadband service if they are provided the resources to do it themselves, or the ability to choose their provider partnerships.” Other RDOF defaults have cited existing Tribal broadband projects.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Run by the FCC, RDOF is set to disburse more than $6 billion in total to get broadband to nearly 3.5 The program requires participants to serve every location in the census block groups they won, with provisions that allow for some increased support in the event a company finds more homes and businesses than expected in a given area.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission is trying to keep alive its April order reclassifying broadband as a Title II service under the Communications Act, subject to more stringent FCC oversight. “[T]he [FCC] says that the major-questions doctrine cannot preclude it from classifying broadband.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

13, 2024 – Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Director Evan Feinman is pleased with the program’s participation as states begin fielding grant applications, he said Wednesday. Broadband Breakfast Broadband Breakfast Colorado’s broadband office, which took applications for the program through Oct.

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