Today NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson called out Ciena as another company that has met Build America, Buy America (BABA) requirements critical to the $42.5 billion BEAD rural broadband funding program. “The Internet for All initiative is not just a connectivity…
Local providers won the vast majority of funding in the latest round of rural broadband funding in Kansas. Midco, which is based in South Dakota and operates in several states, also won an award. A total of $5 million was…
Add California and Wisconsin to the growing list of states whose broadband funding programs have received applications seeking considerably more funding than the program has available. California Funding California’s Federal Funding Account received 484 applications requesting $4.6 billion, which is…
SpaceX has begun to selectively offer a new terminal for its Starlink low earth orbit (LEO) satellite service. The terminal is designed for easy installation by customers. The terminal has what the company calls a “quickstand” that customers can use…
RiverStreet Networks, a sister company of rural provider Wilkes Communications, has received a $191.1 million loan from CoBank that will go, in part, to refinance legacy USDA Rural Utilities Service financing and, in part, to deploy fiber broadband in rural…
President Biden signed an extension to the Farm Bill on Thursday as part of a new appropriations package aimed at averting a government shutdown. The bill that Biden signed is commonly referred to as stopgap funding because it extends funding…
Version 3 of the FCC broadband map has been released publicly. The map is based on data filed by providers reflecting broadband availability as of June 30. According to FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel, the number of locations lacking high-speed broadband…
Google Fiber yesterday said that Actiontec will provide the Wi-Fi 7 equipment that will be used in combination with the 20-Gig service that the company expects to launch this year. The news came in a blog post and an accompanying…
The FCC today adopted rules aimed at preventing and eliminating digital discrimination, defined as limiting access to broadband services based on income level, race, ethnicity, color, religion, or national origin. Not all commissioners supported the rules. The three Democratic commissioners…
USCellular is the sole winner of funding from the Nebraska Universal Service Fund (NUSF) Dedicated Wireless Fund Program for 2023. The company was the only applicant in the program. The company requested just over $5.8 million to go toward the…
As promised, Comcast today launched symmetrical 2 Gbps service in “select neighborhoods” in Atlanta. Underlying the offering is DOCSIS 4.0 technology, which recently became commercially available. Comcast said last month that it would offer speeds up to 2 Gbps in…
Several organizations have made useful resources available for state broadband offices and for providers interested in applying for BEAD rural broadband funding. NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association has released what it calls a “toolkit” to help the association’s small rural broadband…
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