Charter Communications won close to $16 million in funding to cover some of the costs of making broadband available in seven North Carolina counties this month. The funding was part of a total of $22 million awarded through the Completing…
By: Joan Engebretson
Oregon Gets $149M for Rural Broadband Deployments From CPF Fund
The U.S. Treasury has approved $149 million in Capital Projects Fund money to go toward the cost of rural broadband deployments in Oregon. A U.S. Treasury press release also references a figure of $156.7 million because $7.7 million of the…
Here We Go Again: FCC Gets Set to Re-impose Net Neutrality
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said today that she is circulating a proposal that would be the first step in reinstating Net Neutrality rules that were overturned under the previous presidential administration. The proposal also calls for broadband access to be…
Cox Launches Neutral Host as a Service
Cox Communications has launched what it’s calling Neutral Host as a Service (NHaaS). Neutral host technology uses cellular equipment that can provide connectivity to multiple service providers. “This is a managed service,” said a Cox spokesperson in an email response…
Consolidated Wins Fiber Network Deal in Vermont County
Consolidated Communications will build a fiber network in Lamoille County, Vermont that will be funded, in part, through the state. Consolidated will invest almost $10 million in the network and the Lamoille FiberNet communications union district will invest $14.9 million….
Calix Will Meet Buy America Rules by Building Broadband Equipment in Michigan
U.S. Commerce Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson will be on hand today in Auburn Hills, MI, where Calix will announce plans to manufacture broadband equipment at a facility in the city operated by global manufacturing company Jabil. Building the equipment in…
Rural Reverse Auctions Could be Reincarnated in $9B FCC 5G Fund
The FCC adopted a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) today that seeks comment on previously established plans to use a reverse auction process to award funding to cover some of the costs of making 5G service available in areas where…
New Mexico Broadband Awards Go Primarily to Tribal Entities; Comcast Gets $15.5M
The state of New Mexico has awarded $66.8 million to cover some of the costs of making broadband available to 10,300 unserved and underserved locations. Tribal areas were the big winners, with more than half of the funding ($40.72 million)…
AT&T, AST SpaceMobile Claim Another Satellite-to-Cellphone “First”
AST SpaceMobile said today that it has made the first-ever 5G connection for voice and data between an unmodified smartphone and a satellite. AT&T, a key AST partner, participated in the demonstration, along with international wireless provider Vodafone. The call…
UScellular Claims First Hybrid Public-Private Wireless Offering
UScellular today announced what the company says is the first hybrid public-private wireless service. The offering targets businesses that want private wireless networks but also want the ability to transition back and forth with public wireless networks, explained David Allen,…
USDA: 51% of U.S. Farms Use Broadband, 25% Use It for Precision Ag
Although 85% of U.S. farms have internet access, only 51% use broadband to access the internet, according to data released recently from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Researchers defined broadband to include DSL, cable modems and fiber broadband, and…
Interview: How Georgia is Getting Broadband to the Most Unserved of its Unserved Areas
One of the key things that keeps state broadband officials awake at night is the possibility that there may be unserved areas of the state where no provider wants to deploy service—even with a subsidy. The good news is that…
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