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Update on bills SF0883 and SF0735: taxation exemption for broadband providers

Blandin on Broadband

If its TV or telephone, they provider are exemption for taxes (for some equipment). If you take out the work primarily, it would only cover telephone or television based services. (To Revenue thinks this has to do with finances. But in our world, we need to provide telephone service but what people ask for is broadband.

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Conexon Connect Completes First Major Florida Fiber Deployment

Broadband Breakfast

” Conexon’s Alexis Madison told ILSR that the EREC project will be financed with approximately $21.8 million in grants, including an Escambia County grant of $6.3 million, two Broadband Opportunity Program grants totaling $5.9 million, and a Broadband Infrastructure Program grant of $9.6

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Bill introduced in MN House: HF844 getting more data on broadband deployment from providers

Blandin on Broadband

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy. deleted text beginTelecommunications and cable communications systemsdeleted text endnew text begin Utility infrastructure new text end. (a) From the Minnesota House Schultz and Baker introduced: F.

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Consortium to bring fiber to every American doorstep

EldoTelecom

Cable companies, publicly owned and coop networks and smaller fiber network owner/operators will be offered buy outs of their existing footprints on highly favorable but time limited acquisition terms, according to sources close to the negotiations leading up to the deal.

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AT&T’s suggestion that edge content providers contribute to funding universal service calls for new paradigm of U.S. advanced telecom

EldoTelecom

Stankey however raises a broader policy issue of how universal service is to be attained and specifically the high cost of the ownership, financing, and operation of its infrastructure in the digital IP era as it was for copper cable delivered analog voice telephone service in the previous century.

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Bill introduced in MN House: HF974 related to definition of provider and role of franchise and permitting and more

Blandin on Broadband

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy. 974, A bill for an act relating to broadband; establishing the Equal Access to Broadband Act; modifying provisions governing broadband services and broadband infrastructure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.39,

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Protecting The Nation's Critical Communications Infrastructure From Theft and Vandalism

Broadband Breakfast

Vital sectors of society and the nation’s economy, such as public safety, health care, energy, transportation, finance, information technology, and education increasingly rely on communications infrastructure. A Fort Worth, TX, technician and contractor walking a job site witnessed theft of copper cable.