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Sitka, Alaska, Back Online After Subsea Fiber Cable Repair

Broadband Breakfast

the largest telecommunications provider in Alaska, announced that its emergency maintenance on the undersea fiberoptic cable to Sitka was successfully completed earlier this week , restoring all internet and communication services.  General Communication, Inc.,

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Techbuyer collaboration yields successful recovery of precious metals from printed circuit board

Total Telecom

Recycling the PCBs from a million discarded mobile phones can recover around 6,000kg of copper, 350kg of silver, 34kg of gold and 15kg of palladium25 million mobile phones discarded in the UK each year. The UK produces 6 million tonnes of e-waste a year.

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Cable group presses for 180-day phone unlocking rules

Light Reading

The NCTA is urging the FCC to adopt new rules requiring mobile operators to unlock phones 180 days after service is initiated. The org believes that period would spur mobile competition and help operators deter device fraud.

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Alaska Communications Suffers Brief Outage after Damage to Subsea Fiber Cable

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, March 3, 2025 – Much of Southeast Alaska was without phone or internet service over the weekend after an Alaska Communications subsea fiber cable broke last Friday. “Our technical team has confirmed damage to the ACS subsea cable system connecting Juneau. We are dispatching a repair ship.

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How Internet and Phone Services are Revolutionizing Small Businesses

All West Telecommunications

In today's fast-paced digital world, small business internet and phone services have become indispensable tools for driving growth, enhancing customer interaction, and ensuring operational efficiency. Clear Understanding of the Essentials For small businesses, maintaining a reliable internet and phone infrastructure is critical.

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Brits urged to go ‘urban mining’ for copper in ‘drawers of doom’

Total Telecom

According to the study, these “drawers of doom” across the UK could contain up to 38,449 tonnes of copper in the form of unused devices and related cables. Anything with a plug, battery or cable can be reused and recycled and there’s somewhere near you to do it.” Is the telecoms industry doing enough to recycle its legacy networks?

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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. Alpine, Texas (pop. the parent company of Big Bend Telephone Co.,

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