Verizon has told Representative Pat Ryan (D–NY-18) that three sites with allegedly dangerous decades-old telecom cabling encased with lead are safe. In July, The Wall Street Journal reported that Verizon, AT&T and other telcos controlled old lead-sheathed cables on poles,…
Regional broadband provider Lumos formally announced one of its recent North Carolina broadband funding awards yesterday. The project will augment an existing project which ultimately will make service available to 14,000 underserved homes in Goldsboro, NC, which is in Wayne…
Altafiber announced that gigabit broadband is available to most single-family homes and business addresses in the Kentucky counties of Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties. The projects were made possible through Altafiber public-private partnerships that were announced in 2021. The regional…
Charter formally announced a recent broadband funding win from the state of Kentucky today. The project will have a total cost of $8.8 million to bring gigabit broadband to almost 800 homes and small businesses in Garrard County. Funding for…
Simplification and greater flexibility are the drivers for enhancements made by Lumen Technologies on its SASE Solutions product. Secure access service edge (SASE) approaches go hand-in-glove with software-defined wide-area networks (SD-WANs). In general, the goal is to provide enterprise-level security…
Rural broadband consolidator Vyve Broadband has acquired the commercial arm of ATC Broadband serving the Vidalia, GA area. The network serves the cities of Swainsboro, Lyons and Vidalia as well as Emanuel, Toombs and Montgomery counties. Financial and other details…
The U.S. Treasury has awarded Oklahoma $167.7 million in the $10 billion Capital Projects Fund (CPF) program. The funding will serve about 13% of locations in the state that currently lack high speed Internet access. The funding, which was made…
The FCC has committed almost $7 million from the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) program. The funding will support about 50,000 students across the country with a focus on California, Colorado, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. The funding, which…
Deloitte’s fourth annual “2023 Connected Consumer Survey” suggests that people are largely embracing a digital lifestyle. The report, which includes input from more than 2,000 U.S. consumers, illustrates an increasing reliance on devices and technology in virtually all facets of…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program’s final awards will provide almost $50 million to four organizations in New Hampshire, Tennessee, Virginia and Wyoming. The Middle Mile program had a budget of $1 billion….
Altice USA teamed with former Yankee superstar and baseball Hall of Famer Derek Jeter and a goat to introduce Optimum Complete as the “greatest offer of all time,” playing off the widely used acronym GOAT used to describe sports superstars…
Competitive rural-focused fiber broadband provider Highline says that it has completed construction of an area known as “The Thumb” area of Michigan and now is offering broadband to more than 8,000 households in Sanilac, Tuscola, Lapeer and St. Clair counties….
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