by Pivot
Author: Ian Doescher
Meet the California Legislator Who Introduced the State’s $15 Internet Bill
“A good friend of mine… calls this ‘the single mom with two kids bill,’” said California Assemblymember Tasha Boerner, speaking with Telecompetitor about the $15 internet bill she introduced last month. “I always think about…
Oregon Announces More Than $24M in Broadband Grants, Offers BEAD Update
Yesterday, the Oregon Broadband Office announced more than $24 million in broadband grants. The funding is part of the state’s Broadband Deployment Program (BDP), part of the American Rescue Plan Act’s (ARPA) COVID Capital Projects…
North Carolina Announces More Than $22M in Broadband Project Grants
This week, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced more than $22 million in broadband grants. The funding is part of the state’s Completing Access to Broadband (CAB) program. This round of funding will connect 10,810…
Starlink to Acquire Google Fiber in $22B Deal
SpaceX’s satellite broadband service Starlink announced this morning that it would acquire Alphabet’s Google Fiber for $22 billion. The deal is pending review by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Google Fiber will be renamed to…
Fourth Leg of the Relay Race: Meet the South Carolina State Broadband Director
Jim Stritzinger, Director of the South Carolina Broadband Office, likes “to think of the work we’re doing as an Olympic relay race.” The first leg, he told Telecompetitor, was the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic…
Arielle Roth Discusses BEAD and Satellite Technology in NTIA Director Hearing
This afternoon, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing for Arielle Roth to become the next Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. As such, Roth would become the…
Texas Adds to List of BOOT Program Broadband Grants
The Bringing Online Opportunities to Texas (BOOT) Program, which announced a second round of broadband grants for $701.9 million earlier this year, has updated its list of grantees to include seven new awards. The awards…
Commerce Secretary Wants BEAD to Fund Satellite, Other Alternative Technologies
United States Commerce Department Secretary Howard Lutnick told his staff yesterday that he wants to make changes to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program guidelines to make the program “technology-neutral,” opening the path…
The Michael Jordan of Broadband: Meet the Indiana State Broadband Director
Stephen Cox was enjoying retirement in Florida when the opportunity to become Indiana’s broadband director arose. After two and a half years as the head of Indiana’s Department of Homeland Security, Cox and his spouse…
Google Interview: The Promise of Agentic AI for Broadband Providers
“With [generative and agentic] AI, you have access to more real-time data than any person can handle, and because you can process that you can discover new things and solve problems that are too complicated…
NTCA Women in Telecom Session Highlights Work/Life Balance Issues
Work/life balance was the theme of the Women in Telecom session at NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association’s RTIME conference in San Antonio, Texas this week. The session presenter was Kari Coffey, a speaker and life coach…
Data Centers and the Opportunity for Rural Broadband Providers
Rural broadband providers have an opportunity to take advantage of the explosive demand for data centers, according to CoBank Lead Economist of Digital Infrastructure Jeff Johnston. Johnston, leading a session at the NTCA–The Rural Broadband…
