Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The USF plays a central role in funding several telecommunications programs, including: E-Rate : Discounted internet access for schools and libraries, with $2.46 Rural Healthcare (RHC) : Support for broadband services for healthcare providers in remote areas, with FY 2023 funding at $468.2 billion allocated in FY 2023.

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Telefrieden

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Here’s the Abstract: Nearly every nation in the world has a government mandated program aiming to make telecommunications service more widely available and affordable. surcharge on telecommunications services, but incurred no contribution obligation when providing broadband Internet access and other data services.

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AT&T Connects

JUNE 18, 2024

For most of the 20 th century, this meant access to landline telephones. We know USF currently relies on required contributions from revenues derived from legacy telecommunications services, primarily voice services. The concept of universal service – the need for everyone to be connected – was introduced over a hundred years ago.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2025 – Industry leaders from AT&T, Lumen, Ziply Fiber and Brightspeed said Thursday that federal and state policies requiring providers to maintain copper telephone networks are diverting capital away from next-generation broadband networks. “It's not good for healthcare [or] education.”

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Blandin on Broadband

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

NTIA approves Minnesota’s Digital Equity Capacity Grant Application The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today has approved and recommended for award an application from Minnesota, allowing the state to request access to more than $12 million to implement its Digital Equity Plan.

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