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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Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The Center on Rural Innovation looks at the role of broadband in rural economic growth and resilience. To further enhance its services, Paul Bunyan Communications also offers a range of value-added broadband services. Here are some of the high level findings.

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Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Paul Bunyan Communications is making good progress on its broadband expansion in St. That can be done online, over the phone, or in person at our Grand Rapids Customer Service & Technology Center or Cooperative Headquarters in Bemidji. An update from Paul Bunyan Communications. Louis County.

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Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Happening tomorrow… Governor’s Task Force on Broadband Tuesday, September 24, 2024 10:00 a.m. – Gardonville Cooperative Telephone Association 800 Central Ave N, Brandon, MN 56315 OR Microsoft Teams Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 293 633 223 894 Passcode: yLxAZz Dial in by phone +1 651-395-7448,,793355672# United States, St.

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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.  Rural citizens were not relegated to second class  citizen status with electricity or telephone networks.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

the parent company of Big Bend Telephone Co., "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 "To my knowledge, the city was not made aware directly by either TDS or Big Bend Telephone Co."

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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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TechAdvance

JANUARY 14, 2025

Looking for a Better Telephone System Provider? Choosing the right telephone system provider is essential for the success of your business. This means we go beyond just providing services; we focus on adding value to your operations, ensuring your technology is efficient, reliable, and tailored to your needs. Who Are We?

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 21, 2025

“Congress passed much-needed legislation to protect Americans through the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, but this legislation failed to provide the FCC with the legal authority to enforce the law,” Luján said in a statement Thursday. Ben Ray Luján , D-N.M.,

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Rural Broadband Association

MARCH 19, 2025

Currently led by Chair Roxie Jorgenson , board secretary of MTA (Palmer, Alaska), the board also includes Central Region Cooperative Director Tonya Mayer , general manager/CEO of Hemingford Cooperative Telephone Company and Mobius Communications (Hemingford, Neb.), Mosaic Technologies (Cameron, Wis.)

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Mark Goldberg

MARCH 5, 2025

At the time, I described an interesting CRTC proceeding underway to examine the future of voice telephone service to a total of 110 households and 5 businesses located in 8 communities served by 3 telephone exchanges located off the beaten track in British Columbia.

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Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 10, 2025

Arvig shares … In the early 1990s, Allen Arvig heard rumblings about a relatively obscure, largely untested, and somewhat clunky new technology. This particular technology, in its own right, was still unprovenand from a business standpoint at leastrisky. For the independent, Perham, Minn.-based

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Mark Goldberg

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

A couple of weeks ago, I saw two articles by academics writing in the Hill Times, each looking at rural broadband solutions. ” “Towards a new Canadian broadband future? ” “Towards a new Canadian broadband future?” Each presented a different perspective.

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Blandin on Broadband

DECEMBER 4, 2024

June 2-6, 2025, to visit the capital and learn about the rural broadband industry as part of the Foundation for Rural Service Youth Tour. Students in the Arvig service area are invited to submit an essay that answers the question, “How is Arvig-Connected Technology useful to you?” Essays can be submitted to Josie.Winkels@arvig.com.

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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 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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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Their concerns involve not only video but also broadband. NCTA also asserted the importance of the C-Band in critical areas such as telephone and internet services for remote areas. ” GCI, based in Anchorage, ended the second quarter with 158,000 broadband and 201,900 wireless subscribers. WASHINGTON, Oct.

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Mark Goldberg

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

A new report looks at technology adoption and affordability through analysis of recent Statistics Canada data. I promised a look at this report in my recent post on rural broadband solutions. CMI) published “Technology adoption, use, and affordability in Canada” [ pdf , 1.1 Communic@tions Management Inc.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 17, 2025

The state is hoping to serve around 9,000 households that currently receive zero broadband, which is less than 1% of Maine’s population. According to Allenby, the Starlink program received about 200 enrollment requests in the first month, coming from both online and telephone signups.

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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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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 27, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 27, 2024 – Internet Service Providers on the receiving end of broadband subsidies but can't meet their commitments basically have two options: return the locations and pay a fine, or transfer the locations to another ISP. More and more ISPs in a jam are going with the latter option. The RDOF , a $20.4

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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. Over the past few years, mobile providers like Verizon and T-Mobile have rolled out fixed wireless technology that some households are using instead of higher priced cable service.

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VoIP Review

MARCH 4, 2025

The countdown is due to the impending retirement of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), which has been key but is now outdated technology. A lack of action could leave them behind as 73% of UK businesses now depend on high-speed broadband and mobile connectivity.

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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. My Grandfather's generation built the rural electrification grid, and the telephone network with the help of the first generation of immigrants.

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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. WASHINGTON, Nov. VTel, based in Springfield, Vt.,

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Telefrieden

MARCH 26, 2025

Today, the Supreme Court will consider a challenge to the universal service subsidy program established soon after the introduction of telephone service by the AT&T Bell System and later officially adopted by the FCC as mandated by a 1996 law. See [link] ; [link]. Over time the program has grown into an $8.1 8, 595-613 (Sept. 2005.06.002.

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EldoTelecom

AUGUST 29, 2024

billion in construction subsidies appropriated in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 appears insufficient to bring fiber connections to most every American doorstep as with copper telephone lines in the previous century.

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AT&T Connects

JUNE 18, 2024

For most of the 20 th century, this meant access to landline telephones. All this modern technology is critical to Americans and their ability to keep pace in our digital world. The concept of universal service – the need for everyone to be connected – was introduced over a hundred years ago.

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Rural Broadband Association

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Fiber Fuels Seeding, Fertilizing & Even Equine Midwife-ing user_1153020 Tue, 11/26/2024 - 13:20 Siskiyou Telephone (Etna, Calif.) Even today, some operate without commercial power, and many need more broadband access. The technology also will enable her to share the birthing experience with the horses’ owners remotely.

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EldoTelecom

JUNE 27, 2024

AT&T CEO John Stankey said the goal of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program should be universal service, leveraging $42.5 billion in tax dollar subsidies appropriated in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021(IIJA) to attract private investment to attain it.

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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. Embrace this transition to gain a competitive edge with the latest modern technology.

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USTELECOM

AUGUST 26, 2024

The story of broadband across the country is told one mile at a time, with hundreds of broadband companies painstakingly building out the capability to connect their customers. That’s exactly what Coon Valley Farmer’s Telephone Co., based in Coon Valley, Wisconsin, has been doing this year – and every year.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 20, 2024

A key part of internet service is Wi-Fi, which provides Americans broadband access in countless locations, including homes, schools, hotels, coffee shops, offices, airports, and airplanes. Licensed spectrum is important for communications technologies and is used by cellular network mobile service operators.

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EldoTelecom

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

[link] Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Rather than trying to reform legacy subsidy mechanisms created for voice telephone service, wouldn’t public ownership of open access regional fiber to the premises (FTTP) provide a twin win of superior access and affordability?

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USTELECOM

MARCH 25, 2024

High-speed broadband emerged from the pandemic as an essential bridge to economic opportunity, health care, education, and more. So far, over twenty states have met the moment—acting to remove these antiquated rules and fully embrace their broadband-fueled future while ensuring customers have continuity of service.

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Telefrieden

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Universal service funding subsidies have garnered popular support largely based on the shared view that society and individuals benefit from progress in achieving ubiquitous and affordable access, initially to voice telephone service. For the first quarter of 2023, consumers paid a 32.6%

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TechAdvance

DECEMBER 13, 2024

How the 2027 PSTN Switch-Off Impacts Your Business The 2027 PSTN Switch-Off marks a major milestone, as the UK transitions from traditional analogue phone lines to advanced digital technologies. While existing PSTN-based voice and broadband services will continue until 2027, no modifications or new installations can be made.

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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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