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

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, September 3, 2024 – A small Texas city is finding out what it's like when the cable TV company cuts the cord. 6,000) will soon experience a shift in its media landscape as TDS Telecom plans to discontinue its cable TV service there by Sept. the parent company of Big Bend Telephone Co., Alpine, Texas (pop.

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First cables laid to bring fast, reliable broadband to South Wiltshire under government’s Project Gigabit

Total Telecom

million and will see Wessex Internet expanding its existing network in the Wylye Valley, going across the Salisbury Plain, connecting villages surrounding Amesbury, and going as far north as Chisbury and Little Bedwyn. The first communities to be connected will be Stapleford, Wylye and Bapton. The contract is worth £18.8

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More info on Lismore Telephone Company and Woodstock Communications MN Broadband grant project in Nobles County

Blandin on Broadband

The Globe reports… REGIONAL — The Lismore Telephone Company and Woodstock Communications will expand implementation of broadband fiber optic cables to give communities they serve better Internet access after receiving $209,598 and $2.9 million, respectively. The total project (cost) is $695,328,” Loonan said.

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Conexon Connect Completes First Major Florida Fiber Deployment

Broadband Breakfast

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. Glades Electric Cooperative and Conexon Connect announced the connection of their first fiber customer back in  January of 2024.

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Fiber Optic vs Cable Internet: Unveiling the Future of Connectivity

All West Telecommunications

Fiber Optic Internet VS Cable In the fast-evolving world of digital connectivity , the debate over 'fiber optic internet vs cable' has garnered significant attention. As consumers demand faster, more reliable internet connections, understanding the differences and advantages of each option becomes crucial.

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Survey: About half of all households passed by fiber in 2024 -- with less than half of those connected.

EldoTelecom

Internet connectivity is regarded as a utility as was voice telephone service before it where most every address had service. With IP connectivity considered a utility, one might expect that figure to be much higher, around 90 percent or more. That allowed people to gain both mobile and home IP connectivity.

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

Broadband Breakfast

Heading North, on August 29, 2024, the tiny cruise ship town of Sitka, Alaska suffered an undersea cable cut which required about two weeks to repair.     In outer space, adverse foreign countries and their agencies are a growing broadband threat.

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