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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.  This  Internet is no longer a luxury, but a necessity, and these ratings should be a disgrace to us all.

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FCC Defends Bus Wi-Fi Before 5th Circuit

Broadband Breakfast

“The petitioners’ argument that this decision ‘blows the doors open’ to internet funding everywhere misrepresents the Order,” FCC attorney Rachel May argued. May, however, insisted that the FCC’s actions fell well within its mandate to support educational purposes through E-Rate.

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Broadband Breakfast on August 7, 2024 - Live from Mountain Connect 2024

Broadband Breakfast

Jenny Miller , Director of Government Affairs, Education Superhighway Drew Clark  (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast Over his 27-year career,  Chris Bailey  has worked for both supplier and distribution companies of various sizes.

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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. With IP connectivity considered a utility, one might expect that figure to be much higher, around 90 percent or more. Also, given fibers high desirability for reliability and capacity.

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What is an Internet Service Provider (ISP) – Definition & Meaning

Airtel

The importance of the internet is almost equivalent to food and water today. It is unimaginable to live without the internet. So, what is really an internet? The internet service provider is the full form of ISP. It is a corporation that offers internet connectivity. Fiber allows for extensive internet utilization.

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Eight Hundred Words to the Nattering Nabobs Of Negativism

Broadband Breakfast

To all the persistently negative and noisy broadband fiber network naysayers, I want to follow up on my previous article on the deployment of a fiber broadband Internet infrastructure. My Grandfather's generation built the rural electrification grid, and the telephone network with the help of the first generation of immigrants.

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Rural ISPs Battle for Title in First-Ever NTCA Esports Tournament

Rural Broadband Association

For four intense hours, teams showcased exactly the kind of high-bandwidth, low-latency performance that rural internet service providers (ISPs) are uniquely positioned to deliver. Jaylen Bryant (Bulloch Telephone Services, Statesboro, Ga.) against the UW-Stout Blue Devils (West Wisconsin Telcom Coop. Menomonie, Wis).