Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, or perhaps because of it, a considerable number of U.S. states ramped up broadband support in 2020, according to a new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts. Twelve state legislatures allocated money to existing broadband funds…
In the next step of its broadband expansion, Shenandoah Communications (Shentel) has announced plans to bring its Beam fixed wireless broadband service to 2,700 households in New Canton, Mount Jackson and Dillwyn, VA. The communities are in Buckingham and Shenandoah…
The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) has set a minimum performance tier of 25/3 Mbps but prioritized support for services with faster speeds and lower latency. The goal was to close the “digital divide” and encourage providers to offer affordable,…
As policymakers consider the best way to expand broadband availability, a key question is where to set speed targets which, in turn, will impact the technology used – fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), fiber-fed copper, fixed wireless or satellite. On a webcast yesterday,…
A new report from BroadbandNow quantifies problems with FCC broadband map data that have been a major issue for policymakers for several years. According to the researchers, FCC data over-reports broadband availability by 6.5% of the U.S. population. The report…
Charter expects to charge the same price for broadband service in RDOF-funded areas as in metro areas, said Charter CEO Tom Rutledge in a discussion about Charter RDOF plans at an investor conference today. The company was tentatively awarded over…
May 04, 2021 – HENRICO COUNTY, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI) has awarded grants totaling $50 Million to assist with the expansion of broadband in Virginia. Under VATI, localities partner with broadband providers to apply for matching state funding…
Kinetic by Windstream ended the first quarter with a net addition of approximately 13,000 broadband subscribers based on enabling about 129,000 customer locations, the company says. The results are the first fruits of a $2 billion multiyear expansion by the…
The FCC is getting set to award hundreds of millions of Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) dollars to service providers to deploy broadband to areas that already have service, according to an analysis by Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) filed with…
UScellular said yesterday that it has achieved sustained average downlink speeds of approximately one gigabit per second using millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum and fixed 5G on a commercial network over a distance of 7 kilometers (more than four miles). The…
More than 1,200 homes and businesses in four Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, counties will have access to broadband through a $7.2 million Atlantic Broadband project that will be partly funded by a state broadband grant from the Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI)….
U.S. subscribers using Space X’s Starlink non-geostationary satellite broadband service experienced median download speeds between 40 and 93 Mbps in the first quarter of 2021, according to tests conducted using Ookla’s speed test technology. Median latency for the service varied…
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