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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.   David W.

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An Informed Citizens View of the Current Broadband Fiber Kerfuffle

Broadband Breakfast

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.  They attract businesses,  creating jobs, and support education. They just did what it took and got it done.

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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. 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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Senator Bill Weber celebrates MN broadband grant for Bigelow (Nobles County)

Blandin on Broadband

The Lismore Cooperative Telephone Company will establish and operate a Fiber to the Premise network aimed at bridging the digital divide in the rural City of Bigelow, Nobles County. miles of last-mile buried fiber and fiber drop cabling, serving 113 locations—19 of which are unserved and 94 are underserved.

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CentraCom Partners with Spectrum Academy to Help Students Reach Full Potential

USTELECOM

That’s certainly the case with CentraCom, which has been delivering phone, Internet and cable TV to central, north and western Utah since it was founded in 1903 as the first independent rural telephone company in Fairview, Utah. And promoting education has been a key part of that outreach.

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MN Broadband Task Force September 2024 Notes & Video: Consequences and preparing for BEAD

Blandin on Broadband

The MN Broadband Task Force met Gardonville Cooperative Telephone Association in Brandon MN. Introduction to Gardonville Coop Telephone Association Dave Wolf, CEO, Gardonville Coop Telephone Association Gardonville is diversified with a coop creamery, wireless ventures, member of telecom consortiums, data center (including Google access).

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Showcasing the Endless Opportunities Through Connectivity

Rural Broadband Association

Green Hills Telephone Corporation (Breckenridge, Mo.) Kingdom Telephone Company (Auxvasse, Mo.) Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company (Green City, Mo). Steelville Telephone Exchange, Inc. Participating Providers Chariton Valley Broadband, LLC (Macon, Mo.) GRM Networks (Princeton, Mo.) Steelville, Mo.)