Ubiquity has launched open access networks in Carlsbad, CA and Mesa, AZ. The company said the Mesa deployment is the nation’s first scaled fiber deployment, in which service provider tenants will use both lit and dark fiber to service business…
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Vanishing BEAD Locations: Research Gauges Impact of Enhanced A-CAM
The enhanced A-CAM program established by the FCC last week could make nearly 583,000 locations – and possibly more — ineligible for funding in the BEAD rural broadband program, according to an analysis by telecom cost analyst Mike Conlow. The…
Nebraska Awards $61M for Broadband; Biggest Winners Are Backed by Investment Firms
Nebraska awarded $61 million in broadband funding yesterday. Among the winners were Lumen/CenturyLink, Windstream, Charter Communications and Cox Communications, each slated to take home between $1 million and $5 million. The biggest winners were companies that already operate in the…
Farm Bureau Offers Deals on SpaceX Starlink
The Nebraska Farm Bureau (NEFB) had reached an agreement with SpaceX to offer farm bureau members two free months of Starlink satellite broadband service. The two free months are valued at nearly $200. An NEFB spokesperson confirmed that after the…
The State with the Best Gigabit Broadband Availability is . . .
North Dakota ranks as best connected state gigabit broadband availability, according to a new report from Smarthomestarter.com. North Dakota broadband providers offer gigabit service to 60.58% of residential locations in the state — the highest percentage in the nation, according…
Big RDOF Winner Nextlink Internet Buys Nebraska Fiber Operator
Nextlink Internet, which was one of the top 10 winners in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) rural broadband funding auction, has purchased most of the assets of Bluestem Network, a fiber broadband provider based in Lancaster and Seward Counties…
More than $20M Awarded by the Nebraska Broadband Bridge Program
More than $20 million has been awarded by the Nebraska Broadband Bridge Program. The announcement was made by the Nebraska Public Service Commission, which funds the program. The companies with the most grants are Great Plains Communications (ten) and Pinpoint…
Nebraska Next Up in Line for BEAD Planning Grant
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced that Nebraska received its first grants under the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program and the Digital Equity Act programs. The state is receiving $5.59 million in…
ALLO Bringing Symmetrical 10G Service to Three Nebraska Communities
Regional fiber provider ALLO Communications has announced a FTTP project that will bring symmetrical service as fast as 10 Gbps to the eastern Nebraska communities of Papillion, La Vista and Gretna. The project will reach almost 45,000 residents. The offering…
Nebraska Gets Set for $13 Million Rural Broadband Funding Auction
The Nebraska Public Service Commission has begun accepting applications for a reverse auction that will award up to $13 million for rural broadband deployments. The commission is exercising an option laid out in state legislation that gives the commission the…
ALLO Communications Expands 10 Gig Reach in Nebraska
ALLO Communications will be delivering fiber-to-the-premise with 10 Gbps bandwidth to several additional Nebraska communities, with construction to begin in the spring of 2022, the company announced today. Once construction is complete, Ashland, Milford, Seward, Sidney, and York will join…
Great Plains Communications to Use CARES Act Funds to Serve 7 Nebraska Communities
Great Plains Communications is using funding from the CARES Act to bring FTTH and connectivity to seven areas of Nebraska. The project will provide services to 4,800 homes and businesses in Callaway, Creighton, Deshler, Gordon, North Bend, Red Cloud and…
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