Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 24, 2025

MN S 1063 2024 Sales and Use Taxation Status: Failed – Adjourned – Senate Taxes Committee Date of Last Action: 1/31/2023 Author: Westrom (R) Topics: Funding and Taxes, Infrastructure Summary: Relates to taxation, relates to sales and use, provides an exemption for fiber and conduit used in broadband and internet access services, appropriates (..)

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EldoTelecom

JULY 11, 2024

Federal Communications Commission’s recently issued Open Internet rulemaking on ice, slated to become effective July 22. So would posting to a website or social media site. The transmitted content isn’t changed; it’s communicated over the Internet to one or more parties. They believe their case has been strengthened by the U.S.

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VoIP Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Net neutrality – The FCC sets guidelines to ensure that all internet traffic is treated equally and without discrimination, thereby preventing unfair throttling or prioritization of VoIP services. In general, the prescribed VoIP regulations encompass similar frameworks to those of the FCC and EECC.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In today’s digital age, seamless and reliable mobile internet is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity. By eliminating the need for traditional SIM cards, vSIM transforms mobile connectivity, delivering a seamless, adaptive internet experience worldwide. Please send pieces to  commentary@breakfast.media.

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Bicom Systems Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Only the necessary services are exposed to the public Internet and the rest are bound to loopback interfaces only so they remain internal. This can be used to control and provision all accounts. We utilize encrypted WebRTC signaling and media for our video and screen sharing services.

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Tridon

JANUARY 27, 2025

Journalists and Media Correspondents In conflict zones, disaster areas, or regions with restricted communication access, journalists and media correspondents rely on satellite phones to report news in real time. Traditional communication methods may be unreliable, censored, or even dangerous to use in certain areas.

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VoIP Info

MARCH 24, 2023

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) enables people to communicate with each other over the internet instead of using complex wire systems in traditional phones. Business VoIP software and, in this case, VoIP dialer comes loaded with features such as call forwarding/waiting, caller ID, inbound recording, and more.

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Rural Broadband Association

JULY 18, 2024

Solving the Universal Service Challenge Send to all affiliates Off user_1153020 Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:38 Byline By Shirley Bloomfield, CEO Associated Date Thu, 07/18/2024 - 12:00 Advanced Content Section I recently had the opportunity to share some remarks with The Media Institute in Washington, D.C.,

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IEEE ComSoc

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

This model provides substantial cost savings, particularly for industries with fluctuating traffic and demand, such as retail, media, and financial services. This elasticity ensures businesses remain agile and responsive to market conditions without worrying about over-provisioning or underutilization of hardware.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 26, 2025

Feinman predicted that the new administration will soon be “removing the ‘woke’ requirements [such as] provisions related to labor and wage, climate resiliency, middle class affordability, etc.” States had to draft plan content to satisfy these provisions, and in some cases, they impact subgrantee selection.

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NTIA

OCTOBER 22, 2024

5701–11, (“Travel and Subsistence Expenses; Mileage Allowances”), or by the Administrator of General Services, or by the President (or his or her designee) pursuant to any provisions of such subchapter must apply to travel under Federal awards (48 CFR 31.205–46(a)). GSA Per Diem rates can be found in the GSA's Per Diem page.

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NTIA

OCTOBER 1, 2024

5701–11, (“Travel and Subsistence Expenses; Mileage Allowances”), or by the Administrator of General Services, or by the President (or his or her designee) pursuant to any provisions of such subchapter must apply to travel under Federal awards (48 CFR 31.205–46(a)). GSA Per Diem rates can be found in the GSA's Per Diem page.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 5, 2025

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2025 - A bipartisan consensus is emerging around the need to protect children from the harms of social media, but experts warned Wednesday that current measures are insufficient - and that Congress must act soon. "There are many strengths and positive aspects of social media and the way that young people use them."

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Total Telecom

APRIL 1, 2025

This is the same journey weve been on with mobile internet and mobile video. In addition, last year the company launched its AutoGLM, an agentic AI agent, capable of liking and commenting on social media posts, purchasing reordering previously purchased products, booking hotels, buying train tickets, and ordering food.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 9, 2025

With no need for more extensive elaboration here, it suffices to point out that “net neutrality,” a term  coined by Columbia Law School Professor Tim Wu , embodies the notion that broadband Internet service providers (ISPs) will not block or throttle access to lawful content or prioritize the delivery of content.  

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 18, 2025

The relentless demand for digital services—from e-commerce and social media to complex financial transactions and telemedicine—has turned data centers into indispensable assets. States Should Use BEAD Funds to Finance Internet Exchange Points Internet traffic points will create a ‘better ecosystem for interconnection.’

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

billion, BEAD was supposed to be a gamechanger in the country’s decades-long struggle to bring high-speed internet to all remaining unserved communities. The views reflected in Expert Opinion pieces do not necessarily reflect the views of Broadband Breakfast and Breakfast Media LLC.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 28, 2025

Hes also reopened previously dismissed complaints against broadcasting organizations, as was reported by other media outlets like The Hill last week. billion push to achieve the vision of Internet for All, has been a target of Trumps attacks in the past. billion to deploy or upgrade internet networks, was the final state approved.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The Trump administration’s focus will be “doubling down on taxes, tariffs, immigration, national security, deregulation and cost effectiveness,” said Andrew Lipman , a partner at Morgan Lewis specializing in telecommunications and media, during a webinar Wednesday.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 25, 2025

What was missing, those executives told them, was broadband internet access. ” He added in bold type: “Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world’s richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington.” The communities needed access.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 29, 2025

TikTok - Broadband Breakfast TikTok is a social media app used by at least 170 million Americans. It is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese internet company headquartered in Beijing and incorporated in the Cayman Islands. The clean energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of August 16, 2022? That's a hard no.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 15, 2025

Designed to expand high-speed internet access to all Americans, the program instead sits dormant. An outgrowth of the 2021  Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act , the program aims to connect the  24 million  Americans still without high-speed internet access. Fortunately, policy reforms can help get it up and running.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 24, 2025

24, 2025 (AP) – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to keep TikTok operating for 75 days, a relief to the social media platform’s users even as national security questions persist. TikTok - Broadband Breakfast TikTok is a social media app used by at least 170 million Americans. WASHINGTON, Jan.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Broadband in the Next Administration Don’t miss the chance to learn about BEAD, spectrum, Universal Service Fund reform, and the future of the internet. As co-chair of the Senate Broadband Caucus, Senator Klobuchar has been a leading advocate working to connect every American to high speed internet once and for all.

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IEEE ComSoc

JANUARY 2, 2025

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit today struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s ( FCCs ) hard-fought and long-debated net neutrality/open internet rules. The 6th Circuit said the FCC did not have the statutory authority to change the classification of broadband internet to a telecommunications service.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 10, 2024

But irrespective of party affiliation, broadband remains an issue that cannot be solved without bipartisan solutions, whether this means solving issues like American's Rural broadband deficit, addressing the need for more internet airwaves or enhancing low-cost broadband availability for all Please join us by signing up to attend.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 has long been a target for Republicans, who argue that the provision has given platforms like Meta, Google (YouTube), and X (formerly Twitter) unchecked power over public discourse. 

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