Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast on November 18, 2026: Broadband Nation Expo
NOTE: Special time of 1 p.m. ET / 12 Noon CT
Broadband Breakfast
Broadband Breakfast reports every day on America's broadband buildout. Broadband Breakfast is the community for Better Broadband, Better Lives.
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Congress Put Satellite Communications in Private Hands, and Kennedy Signed It Into Law
Europe’s post offices ran their satellite links. Washington chartered an investor-owned company
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Lesson 10: Public Safety, the Military, and Global Satellite Services
Congress chartered a private corporation to run the American share of a global satellite system. Nearly every other nation used a state agency.
AI
Connecticut and Utah State Officials, Reflection AI, Comcast and NARUC Chief Join 'Broadband and AI in the Next Congress'
The event, on Dec. 1 at the National Press Club, links the issues of AI risk, digital infrastructure, energy use and federal preemption
Earnings
There’s a New Wildcard Haunting Telecom Earnings: Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Even AT&T’s 769,000 internet additions didn’t help, as investors are weighing satellite expansion against carriers’ pricing and bundling advantages
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A 1975 Boxing Match Helped Cable Channels Reach the Country
Satellite expanded programming, but most subscribers had one cable provider.
AI
Rep. Buddy Carter to Deliver Keynote Address at ‘Broadband and AI in the Next Congress’
Broadband permitting bill sponsor joins Dec. 1 conference on AI risk, infrastructure, data center power and federal preemption.
Broadband Mapping and Data
Two State Broadband Rankings Tell Different Stories
Access to lower-priced plans helped explain why the rankings differed
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Lesson 9: Cable Television
The Communications Act of 1934 recognized two kinds of regulated companies, broadcasters and common carriers. Cable fit in neither.
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast on November 4, 2026: Reactions to Midterm Elections for Broadband and AI
Looking ahead toward 'Broadband and AI in the Next Congress' on Tuesday, Dec. 1.
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast on November 11, 2026: Veterans and Broadband
Broadband Breakfast explores how veterans can move into network construction, installation and operations
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The 1950s, When the Big Three Networks Had an Advantage Built Right Into America’s TV Sets
It wasn’t legislation that limited American television to three national networks – it was the FCC
AI
Midterms Could Change the Politics of AI
If Republicans suffer heavy losses, it could push the party toward tougher AI legislation, panelists said
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Lesson 8: The Distinctly American Style of Broadcast Television
A pause in new television licenses, ordered by the Federal Communications Commission in 1948 and meant to last six months, ran nearly four years.
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From New Deal's Electrification Loans to a Rural Broadband Dispute
Nearly nine in 10 American farms lacked electricity in 1930. In response, Washington financed an unusual kind of utility: Cooperatives owned by the rural customers they served.
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Lesson 7: The New Deal and Rural Electrification
President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Rural Electrification Administration by executive order on May 11, 1935. Congress made the agency permanent in 1936
