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NCTA: Vandalism of Communications Infrastructure on the Rise

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NCTA - The Internet and Television Association, headquartered here, cited an April 9 update that tracked 5,770 reported incidents of vandalism and theft between June and December in 2024. WASHINGTON, April 11, 2025 – A new study shows that telecommunications networks are still vulnerable to theft and vandalism.

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Consumer Groups Support EchoStar’s 5G Construction Extension

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is a small, family-owned telecommunications company that provide residential, small business and enterprise consumers with fiber-optic Internet, telephone and television services across 14 rural Vermont villages. VTel, based in Springfield, Vt.,

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Willmar City Council votes no to Charter Communication’s deal and sticks with Connect Willmar Initiative

Blandin on Broadband

They include a little background (of a story I have also been following) This decision comes after Charter, which does business in the city under the name Spectrum and is the city’s largest provider of internet and cable television services, on Feb.

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Consolidated Telephone Company and Meeker Cooperative Light and Power launch MC Fiber

Blandin on Broadband

West Central Tribune reports … A new utility services company specializing in underground fiber construction, MC Fiber launched in late September, according to a news release from Meeker Cooperative Light and Power and Vibrant Broadband in Litchfield. The cooperative has been serving the area as a co-op for almost 90 years, starting in 1935.

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National Cable Association lauds Lakewood Township Project offers advice for BEAD

Blandin on Broadband

Governing posts an opinion piece from Michael Powell, president of NCTA-the Internet and Television Association, which represents America’s cable industry… The real work takes place on the ground. But now more than 1,100 homes and businesses can enjoy the benefits of life-changing gigabit-speed Internet service.

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Willmar City Council to meet with Charter Communications amid conversations with Hometown Fiber on an open access network

Blandin on Broadband

The West Central Tribune reports The Willmar City Council and staff on Monday said a meeting would be conducted later this week with the company after its letter asking the city to hold off on the construction of an open-access broadband network. While the construction costs for the Connect Willmar Initiative are estimated to be $24.5

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Digital Infrastructure Investment 2024: 'All-in' on Open Access

Broadband Breakfast

GFiber started in 2010 as a Google-driven experiment to catalyze the gigabit internet ecosystem, and has since pioneered the gigabit and multigig internet future. Their network provides blazingly fast Internet speeds, phone, and television services. The Fiber Broadband Association is the voice of fiber.