The retransmission fees that video service providers pay to television broadcasters increased 19.2% between 2018 and 2019, according to ACA Connects: America’s Communications Association, which represents smaller cable and broadband providers. ACA Connects based its analysis on data recently released…
In what they say is a first, five electric cooperatives in three states have formed an association of broadband co-ops aimed at bolstering services in underserved rural areas. The Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Broadband Cooperatives (VMDABC) is structurally…
Seven associations representing communications service providers have written a letter to President Trump urging him not to pursue the idea of a U.S. government 5G network. The letter came in response to a request for information about such a network…
ACA Connects: America’s Communications Association has asked the FCC to stay the August 31 deadline for earth station owners to make a choice about the future of their operations as the commission gets set to auction a portion of the…
Farmer-owned cooperative Land O’Lakes is spearheading a new coalition of businesses, associations and other organizations that will “advocate for public and private sector investment” to bring high-speed broadband to rural areas and contribute “their own resources to facilitate remote education,…
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has unveiled WBA OpenRoaming, which provides a new global standards-led approach, removing the need for participants and participants’ customers to search for Wi-Fi networks, to repeatedly enter or create login credentials or to constantly reconnect…
Smaller cable operators’ broadband performance is standing up against the sudden and onerous demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to ACA Connects Broadband Dashboard. ACA Connects members number about 750 and collectively serve approximately 10 million residential and business customers…
Only one-quarter of developed U.S. census blocks have two or more providers of 100 Mbps broadband, according to a broadband competition report from INCOMPAS – and according to the competitive carrier association, competition is even less than that finding would…
Wireless internet service providers (WISPs) are seeing a 36% increase in average traffic due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a WISP member survey conducted by the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA). The emergency has enabled 83% of WISPs…
A handful of U.S. Senators has introduced the Keeping Critical Connections Act to help small broadband providers ensure rural broadband connectivity for students and their families during the coronavirus pandemic. This is one of several attempts by the government, industry…
The percentage of U.S. households that subscribe to broadband continues to climb, according to new research from USTelecom — The Broadband Association. The association forecasts that by the end of the year, 84% of U.S. households – about 109 million…
More than 20 million U.S. homes (20.5 million) are now connected to fiber broadband service, according to new research conducted by RVA for the Fiber Broadband Association. That’s a substantial increase since last year, when a similar FBA report found…
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