Digital Inclusion
Broadband Groups Decry Impact of FCC Digital Discrimination Rules on Rural Providers
ACA Connects, the Rural Broadband Association NTCA, and WISPA issued a joint statement against them.
Digital Inclusion
ACA Connects, the Rural Broadband Association NTCA, and WISPA issued a joint statement against them.
Funding
What are the downsides of having too many grant requirements?
People
Spellmeyer previously worked at U.S. Cellular and ACA Connects member company TDS Telecommunications Corp.
Infrastructure
The issue of pole attachment costs to place broadband equipment is being examined by the FCC.
Funding
Largest single federal investment ever in broadband will enable communities to invest in fiber as critical infrastructure, says industry group.
ACA
The bipartisan infrastructure framework faces hurdles before it because law. We’ll discuss the process in Congress.
Funding
Many in Washington aren’t holding their breath for the broadband infrastructure deal to collapse.
States
Experts suggest states and municipalities should have more leeway with federal broadband funds.
broadband roundup
FCC sets 3.45 GigaHertz auction date, Pew research on state role in digital divide, and ACA reports broadband progress.
broadband roundup
February 25, 2021 – Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, introduced the American Broadband Buildout Act Wednesday, a bipartisan bill to ensure that rural Americans have access to broadband services at speeds they need to participate in modern society and economy. The legislation
broadband roundup
January 20, 2021—$20 billion in federal funding has been promised by the incoming Biden Administration to build up broadband infrastructure in rural America. With President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration set for Wednesday at Noon, it should only be a matter of time until this funding is allocated an
Health
Lariat.net, a wireless internet service provider in Laramie, Wyoming, announced that it will offer free internet service to telehealth providers helping those with the novel coronavirus. Although no one has been confirmed as being infected in Wyoming so far, Lariat said it is preparing for a wide-sp
FCC
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2019 — Companies whose legally-placed robocalls are blocked under the June 6 order of the Federal Communications Commission may need to adjust their perception of consumer expectations, a top Enforcement Bureau chief at the Federal Communications Commission said last week. Indee
Broadband Calendar
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2010 – BroadbandBreakfast.com on Friday announced the addition of two new panelists – Toni Cook Bush of Skadden Arps and Matt Polka of the American Cable Association – to its FREE June 8th Intellectual Property Breakfast Club event. The panel, to be held at Clyde’s of Gallery Pl
Broadband's Impact
WASHINGTON, November 30, 2009 – A trade association representing small and independent cable television providers has endorsed Time Warner Cable’s effort to reign in rising programming licensing fees. The American Cable Association announced on Monday its support for Time Warner’s “Roll Over or Get
Broadband Updates
The American Cable Association praised the House and Senate Judiciary Committees for recently passing bills that would change the rule allowing for redistribution of copyrighted content by cable television operators. ACA said the rule had been a financial burden on small and mid-sized cable operator