Windstream CEO Tony Thomas addressed the fiber broadband industry today at Fiber Connect, taking place in Nashville. With a theme of Windstream’s growing broadband ambitions, Thomas also revealed he’s no fan of the RDOF program implementation and he is among…
AT&T reported 2Q 2021 results today and AT&T Fiber results were a big part of the narrative. AT&T now counts 5.4 million fiber subscribers, second only to Verizon, who now has 6.4 million fiber subscribers. AT&T Fiber gained 246K customers…
A group of three U.S. Senators has introduced the Funding Affordable Internet with Reliable (FAIR) Contributions Act. The FAIR Act would direct the FCC to study expanding the base of contributors to the USF fund. It’s not a new idea…
Verizon reported results for 2Q 2021 and things are looking up for Fios. The company is hoping to seize on that momentum with some new enhancements to Fios TV and internet, including a new Fios Apple TV app and enhanced…
A new DISH AT&T wireless deal has the two companies partnering for MVNO services and 5G. A Network Services Agreement (NSA) with AT&T will make AT&T the primary network services partner for DISH MVNO customers and will support DISH’s upcoming…
Cable MSO Armstrong is making more fiber broadband investments, with a path to 10G XGS-PON now underway. The traditional cable company made the decision several years ago to pursue fiber over upgrading its HFC DOCSIS network for its long-term broadband…
Frontier announced fiber expansion projects in Connecticut and Texas that will add over 300K locations to its fiber footprint. The vast majority will be added in multiple communities across Connecticut, where the company will add 280K locations. “This infrastructure investment…
When they meant the T-Mobile Shentel deal for Shentel’s wireless network would close in the third quarter, they meant it. A statement was released at 12:00 AM on the first day of the third quarter announcing the deal has closed….
During a keynote address at the Mobile World Congress, taking place in Barcelona, Spain this week, Elon Musk offered an update on SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband service. Citing the service as “[f]illing in the gaps between 5G and fiber,” Musk…
A historic boost in broadband funding is closer to reality as a bipartisan group of Senators and the Biden administration have reached agreement on an infrastructure funding deal. The $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework includes $65 billion for broadband investment….
It has been an unusually hot summer already, especially in the west. That heatwave is giving some SpaceX Starlink users some real trouble, in the form “thermal shutdowns,” where users are losing their internet connections from the satellite broadband service….
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) includes up to $350 billion in funding to be distributed to the states for a variety of projects, broadband included. Rules for how that funding can be allocated are being finalized through the Treasury…
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