Broadband Equity Access and Deployment
Experts Still Disagree on FCC’s New Digital Discrimination Rules
The FCC rules have drawn strong pushback from industry groups and praise from Democratic leadership.
Broadband Equity Access and Deployment
The FCC rules have drawn strong pushback from industry groups and praise from Democratic leadership.
Infrastructure
Existing infrastructure is insufficient to handle extra traffic from the 2024 Republican National Convention: Verizon.
Broadband Updates
The state is unsure if any of its $1.7 billion allocation will be left over after funding new infrastructure.
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Proposed rules would also put more limits on when utilities can pass full replacement costs to telecom companies.
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The state is asking for a waiver to open up RDOF areas to BEAD applications.
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The state will mark all DSL customers as ‘underserved’ in its Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment plan.
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Telecom and utility companies have been clashing on replacement costs.
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The state is opting into speed tests, area and MDU challenges, and new financing guidelines.
Funding
The move is a win for wireless providers, who have been pushing the NTIA on the issue.
FCC
The FCC also approved support for domestic abuse victims, inquiry on AI and robocalls and preventing cell phone scams.
Broadband Mapping & Data
The Communications and Technology Subcommittee held a hearing Tuesday on using AI to enhance communication networks.
Broadband's Impact
The commission is set to vote Wednesday on its proposed rules, which industry groups have opposed.
Spectrum
The NTIA will study repurposing 2,786 MHz of spectrum in the next two years.
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The USDA announced $1.2 billion in rural development funding.
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Of $10 billion spent through 2021, 93 percent of households received only 10 * 1 Mbps service.
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The FCC’s proposal would allow schools and libraries to request E-Rate funding to support remote connectivity.