Five broadband associations have asked the FCC to release a list of census block groups that provisionally won funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund program but on which the winning bidder has defaulted. The associations say this move will…
Tilson Broadband is deploying a fiber broadband network that will bring service to 500 unserved or underserved residents and businesses in Danville, Lunenburg and St. Johnsbury, Vermont by December. The Vermont broadband build is supported by grants from the state….
A barrage of statements from broadband provider associations and think tanks followed the announcement yesterday of the Biden administration’s proposal for an American Jobs Plan, which, if adopted, would provide $100 billion for broadband. While the providers expressed support for…
US Ignite has awarded grants to seven communities under Project OVERCOME, a $2.7 million effort designed to bring broadband to unconnected communities via novel solutions. The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) conceived of the initiative and is providing $2.25 million…
PCMag has identified the 253 counties in the United States that have the conditions that make them most likely to benefit from SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband network, which currently has limited coverage. According to the site’s “common sense” selection criteria,…
The Biden administration unveiled some details about its infrastructure plan which calls for significant investment in broadband. The American Jobs Plan will invest more than $3 trillion by some accounts in a variety of infrastructure projects. A White House fact…
Individual states are expected to receive anywhere between $1.12 and $202 per resident in broadband funding through the first round of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), according to an analysis from SatelliteInternet.com. Connecticut was at the low end of…
The federal government should not use a broadband speed definition that precludes fixed wireless, argued AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Regulatory Relations Joan Marsh in a blog post late last week. As Marsh notes, the definition is important because…
Consolidated Communications will use public-private partnerships with eight New Hampshire communities to bring them fiber-to-the premises broadband networks. It is the latest in a string of Consolidated public-private broadband partnerships. Consolidated has a growing strategy for these types of arrangements,…
If at least 200 MHz of point-to-point mid-band spectrum were made available for fixed wireless, the U.S. could reduce the need to subsidize rural broadband deployments, said Claude Aiken, president and CEO of the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA),…
E-rate schools and libraries program funding should be used toward the cost of wireless or wireline connectivity for home broadband for students and teachers, said Microsoft in a video meeting with FCC officials last week. Microsoft estimates that over 19…
Two state associations representing broadband providers have asked the FCC to deny the long-form application filed by LTD Broadband in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program. LTD Broadband had the largest amount of RDOF winning bids in the program…
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