In this week’s episode of The Broadband Exchange, we present findings from Telecompetitor’s State of AI in Rural Broadband study.

Nearly $800 million is available through two NTIA tribal broadband funding programs. One is the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.

The training started with students learning how a historic building was preserved while also being outfitted with modern fiber cabling.

Nearly $14.7 million of the California broadband grants went to four fiber projects from Plumas-Sierra Telecommunications.

NTCA has called for the public release of performance-testing data for networks funded by the BEAD program on a provider-by-provider basis.

Groups warn that the shift to bill-and-keep intercarrier compensation could raise voice service rates for rural Americans.
