Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 2, 2024

NCTA, The Internet and Television Association filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission on Monday regarding the planned merger between the satellite operators. Telecommunications Service Sector. WASHINGTON, Oct. billion purchase of Intelsat. Their concerns involve not only video but also broadband.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

UTOPIA (Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency) Fiber is the group of 11 Utah cities that joined together in 2004 to build, deploy, and operate a fiber to the home network to every business and household within their communities. Their network provides blazingly fast Internet speeds, phone, and television services.

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VoIP Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Universal Service Fund (USF) contributions – Dictates the contributions that carriers must make to the USF, which supports telecommunications services in underserved and rural areas. Carriers must implement stringent data handling, storage, and processing practices to secure and protect customer information.

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Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 24, 2025

History: Click for History MN S 3471 2024 State School Librarian Status: Failed – Adjourned – Senate Education Finance Committee Date of Last Action: 4/2/2024 Author: Kunesh-Podein (DFL) Topics: Education and Schools Associated Bills: MN H 4967 – Companion Summary: Relates to education, establishes a state school librarian.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

974, A bill for an act relating to broadband; establishing the Equal Access to Broadband Act; modifying provisions governing broadband services and broadband infrastructure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.39, From the Minnesota House … Freiberg; Lee, F.; Carroll; Koegel and Clardy introduced: H. 39, subdivision 1; 116J.394;

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Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 4, 2025

2045 :A bill for an act relating to broadband; establishing the Equal Access to Broadband Act; modifying provisions governing broadband services and broadband infrastructure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.39, The MN Senate reports … Senators Rest, Klein, Dibble, and Xiong introduced– S.F. 39, subdivision 1; 116J.394;

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 9, 2025

” In a normal world, government would set rules for broadband providers to compete for the subsidies and would choose subsidy recipients based on certain quality measures, the cost of provision, and the time required to be able to provide service. But even the appearance of self-dealing can render a project or policy suspect. 

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