New consumer and small business users of CenturyLink leased modems will be protected by McAfee security technology. CenturyLink says that modem protection will be established for “qualifying” customers for Internet-connected devices once they are plugged into the wall and the…
CenturyLink is closer to meeting buildout requirements in the Connect America Fund (CAF) rural broadband program but is still behind in some states, according to a filing that the company made this week with the FCC. In a confusing letter,…
The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) has released version 4.0 of the Connect America Fund Broadband Map (CAF Map). The organization says that the goal of the map is to illustrate the impact of the CAF on reducing the digital…
As stakeholders continue to debate whether the FCC should agree to release funding to some of the biggest winners in the recent Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, one of those big winners continues to make progress on rural broadband…
Frontier and CenturyLink told the FCC they may not have met all deployment deadlines for 2020 for the Connect America Fund CAF II rural broadband program. If so, that would mark the second time the companies have missed CAF II…
The FCC said yesterday that all price cap carriers eligible to receive a seventh year of Connect America Fund (CAF) support have opted to do so. The total value of the funding accepted is nearly $1.5 billion. Carriers that will…
The nation’s largest publicly held carriers had until Monday to advise the FCC if they elect to receive a seventh year of support in the Connect America Fund CAF program, and at least some of them have opted to do…
Cable One officially announced its investment in fixed wireless internet service provider Nextlink today, formalizing news that Cable One CFO Steven Cochran previewed on the company’s second quarter earnings call earlier this month. The Cable One Nextlink deal gives Cable…
Alaska Communications broadband expansion is bringing high-speed internet to more than 16,000 rural Alaskans, the company announced today. The expansion was made possible, in part, by the Connect America Fund II, or CAF II. Alaska Communications hopes to double the…
Funding authorization in the Connect America Fund Phase CAF II auction moved close to completion with the award of $20,000,131 to two telecommunications firms that will expand broadband connectivity in Minnesota and Pennsylvania. It was the 14th wave of awards…
CenturyLink told the FCC last week that it expects to meet its Connect America Fund CAF II deployment deadlines. Using fixed wireless in some areas may be key to meeting that goal, according to a letter that CenturyLink sent to…
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