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Small Texas City Losing Cable TV, Keeping Internet after Network Sale

Broadband Breakfast

6,000) will soon experience a shift in its media landscape as TDS Telecom plans to discontinue its cable TV service there by Sept. the parent company of Big Bend Telephone Co., while other systems in Seminole, Seagraves, and Denver City will be transferred to Poka Lambro Telecommunications Ltd.  Alpine, Texas (pop.

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Drowning Out the Noise

Rural Broadband Association

Each day brings new noise: politics, social media outbursts, endless opinions, baskets of drama and mounting demands on our attention. These blogs are brought to you by NTCA Women in Telecom, a program dedicated to empowering women in the telecommunications industry. To learn more about WIT or get involved, visit ntca.org/wit.

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

Broadband Breakfast

Chris has been involved in numerous deployments with telephone companies, cooperatives, municipalities, and other entities, launching fiber broadband networks. With more than 20 years in the telecommunication industry, Allen aspires to connect people and communities to ensure growth and prosperity through high speed broadband connectivity.

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Supreme Court to Decide Fate of $8 Billion Broadband Fund

Broadband Breakfast

The USF plays a central role in funding several telecommunications programs, including: E-Rate : Discounted internet access for schools and libraries, with $2.46 High Cost : Assistance for building and maintaining rural telecommunications infrastructure, receiving $4.32 billion allocated in FY 2023. million in FY 2023.

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

Rural Broadband Association

Throughout the Rural Rumbles preliminary rounds, players peppered social media channels with positive feedback, creating exactly the kind of organic marketing that resonates with younger demographics. Jaylen Bryant (Bulloch Telephone Services, Statesboro, Ga.) Early adopters are already seeing results. Menomonie, Wis).

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BT Urges UK SMEs to Go Digital by 2025 Deadline

VoIP Review

UK telecommunications giant BT is calling on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the nation to transition from analogue to digital networks by the end of 2025. The countdown is due to the impending retirement of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), which has been key but is now outdated technology.

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1996 Telecom Act affords FCC clear, unambiguous authority for Title II rulemaking

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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Investor owned telephone and cable companies and their trade associations hope the courts will put the U.S. So would posting to a website or social media site. In so providing this telecommunications service, the Act states providers “shall be treated as a common carrier” (i.e.