The Department of Management Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) of the state of Iowa has published the fifth version of the state’s Broadband Availability Map. A month-long “challenge window” to enable various parties to comment on whether the…
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel is circulating a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) that would begin the commission’s annual analysis of the state of U.S. broadband. It proposes that the broadband speed definition be increased and recommends an even more ambitious longer…
Herndon, VA, July 13, 2022 – NRTC, a member-driven and technology-focused organization based in Herndon, Virginia, today announced the general availability of its Operational Intelligence platform. Operational Intelligence is a vendor-agnostic analytics platform that proactively helps optimize a broadband provider’s business….
Microsoft has unveiled what it calls a Digital Equity Data Dashboard that the company hopes will help in directing broadband funding to the right places. As a blog post from Vickie Robinson, general manager of the Microsoft Airband initiative explains,…
The FCC Broadband Data Collection System became operational today, paving the way for the U.S. to have more accurate broadband availability information, something the country has sorely lacked for years. Broadband network operators can begin entering data into the system…
The FCC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that calls for the two organizations to work together to promote public awareness of federal funding opportunities for broadband. IMLS is an…
The FCC’s Broadband Data Task Force will hold a webinar on Wednesday, June 29, at 2 PM ET to provide information and preview the Broadband Data Collection (BDC) system for organizations mandated with submitting data during the filing window that…
Rural areas are known – and valued – for their slower pace of life. Yet those who live in low-density population areas have no less need than their urban and suburban counterparts for high-speed data and internet. Rural broadband has…
The FCC is offering an online help center that includes tutorials and other resources to help Internet service providers as they prepare to submit broadband availability data into the new broadband data collection system developed for that purpose. The filing…
The FCC will vote later this month on a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) seeking input on a proposal to establish higher speed goals for small rural providers that receive broadband funding through the Alternative Connect America Model (A-CAM) program….
Verizon was a pioneer in fiber broadband with its Fios product, having launched it well over 15 years ahead of the fiber frenzy we now find ourselves in. Fios was very much the heart of Verizon broadband, but that appears…
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