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Industry Backs FCC’s Push to Eliminate ‘Outdated’ Regulations

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households; and, local radio and TV station ownership rules, which limit how many stations a single company can own in a given market. Scrap TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act) rules, which govern robocalls, with one commenter calling them “a complete mess of stitched together nonsense.”

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

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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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States must designate providers, service areas under FCC reclassification of Internet delivered services as telecommunications utility.

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In the case of an area served by a rural telephone company, “service area” means such company’s “study area” unless and until the Commission and the States, after taking into account recommendations of a Federal-State Joint Board instituted under section 410(c) of this title , establish a different definition of service area for such company.

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Richard Bennett: The Curious Case of Wi-Fi 7

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The only parts of the broadband network market that are growing are Fiber to the Home (FTTH) and FWA , and FWA is growing fastest. Legacy networks built on telephone and cable TV wiring are actually shrinking. A killer app for 5G is clear: residential broadband over fixed wireless access (FWA) networks.

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Conexon Connect Completes First Major Florida Fiber Deployment

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” While  prices vary depending on the market , Conexon Connect offers locals  three tiers of service : symmetrical 100 megabit per second (Mbps) tier; symmetrical gig speed service; and a symmetrical 2.5 "We are proud of the partnership we formed with Escambia River Electric Cooperative.

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Understanding The True Meaning Of Broadband Internet

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DSL internet is available through your telephone provider. So, this type of broadband is delivered using the telephone lines that are already present in your locality. The speed of DSL is determined by your proximity to the nearest telephone provider infrastructure. DSL DSL is an abbreviation for Digital Subscriber Line.

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End of ACP illustrates need for omnibus reform

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Alphabet (Google’s parent) alone has a market cap of nearly $2 trillion – roughly twice that of the top 10 companies contributing roughly 77% of all universal service funding combined. Policymakers have long explored ways to hold these companies more accountable for their dominant market positions.