Broadband Breakfast

Telehealth

A $50 Billion Health Fund and Rural America’s Internet Gaps

The funds come from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Republicans passed in July 2025

Broadband Live

Broadband Breakfast on October 28, 2026 – Earnings Reports

How did the broadband industry – wireless, fixed wireless and mobile – perform in Q3 2026?

Broadband Live

Broadband Breakfast on October 21, 2026: Best and Worst States for Broadband in 2026

This BroadbandLive will examine what is driving those differences, what the strongest markets are doing differently, and where there is still room for improvement.

Telecom 150

From the Fairness Doctrine to a Network Sale: The FCC’s Enduring Authority

For 38 years, the FCC required competing views on controversial issues across broadcast programming.

Tribal

Tribal Broadband Is About Sovereignty, Not Just Speed

Tribal communities are combining fiber, shared networks and adoption support to create internet services they can govern and sustain.

Broadband Live

Broadband Breakfast on October 14, 2026: Broadband & AI in the Midterm Election

What do informed policy observers and political hands feel about the Republicans' and the Democrats' prospects on November 3?

Telecom 150

Lesson 6: The Fairness Doctrine and Public Media

A report from a federal agency told American broadcasters in 1949 to cover controversial public issues and to carry opposing views, and no Congress ever voted that rule into law.

BEAD

Building BEAD: From Federal Awards to Finished Networks

BEAD’s next phase will depend on workable contracts, timely permitting and consumer-focused accountability as broadband projects move toward construction.

Telecom 150

'Public Interest, Convenience, and Necessity': The 5 Words Behind U.S. Broadcast Licenses

Newton Minow, Kennedy’s FCC chairman, warned in 1961 that broadcasters risked losing their licenses if they neglected educational and other public-service programming.

Telecom 150

Broadband Breakfast Updates Oct. 1 Online Conference on America250 / Telecom150

Event will begin at 12 Noon ET, and include two virtual panels, on innovation and competition.

Telecom 150

Lesson 5: Broadcast Radio and the Public Interest Standard

The commercial stations' own industry sat on the committee that proposed 'public interest' as the test for federal licensing, at a 1925 conference.

Data Center

As AI Data Centers Surge, Builders Confront the Politics of Power

At the AI Infra Summit, experts said the future of data centers hinges less on AI itself and more on securing electricity and community trust.

Telecom 150

After the Titanic Sank, Congress Passed America’s First Major Radio Law

The system worked while radio was dominated by ships and point-to-point communication. Mass broadcasting in the 1920s exposed what Congress had left unresolved.

Digital Divide

Broadband Access Alone Isn’t Enough for Small Businesses

Panelists said small businesses need affordable, reliable service and the skills to use it, not just a connection.

Telecom 150

Lesson 4: The Origin of Wireless

The Titanic sank in April 1912, Congress required a federal license to transmit four months later, and the Navy seized or shut every private radio station in the country when the country entered the war in 1917.