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GOP Sen. Ernst Takes a Final Shot at Wasteful BEAD Spending
Retiring Iowa Republican says, ‘federal funds must be tied to specific, auditable deliverables that directly advance the connection of unserved locations to broadband’
Ted Hearn
Ted Hearn is Managing Editor for Broadband Breakfast. He is also Editor and Publisher of Policyband, a website dedicated to comprehensive coverage of the broadband communications market.
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Musk Invades the Cable Homeland as Starlink’s Urban Growth Rate Rockets Higher
According to Ookla, since October 2025 about 90% of new Starlink users switched from cable, DSL, or fixed wireless access connections
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Senate Democrats Likely to Vent about Carr at Thumann Severs Confirmation Hearing Today
In prepared testimony, FCC nominee Danielle Thumann Severs calls for modernizing communications networks, strengthening public safety, and cracking down on robocalls and scams
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Plummeting Cable One on the Brink – Shares Face Delisting from New York Stock Exchange
Removal from the NYSE would be a near-catastrophic event for Cable One shareholders
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Deutsche Telekom CEO Says Starlink Mobile Needs to Spend $200 Billion – ‘Welcome to the Party’
‘We always have said that satellite services will not substitute terrestrial service. It’s impossible,’ Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Höttges says
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GOP Loses House Communications Panel Chairman Richard Hudson in Shocking Defeat
Veteran lawmaker lost by 6,000 votes to Richard Ojeda, 55, a retired U.S. Army Major who served in the West Virginia State Senate before moving to North Carolina
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Cruz to Advance Just Thumann Severs for the FCC, Leaving Democrat Gomez Tapping a Foot
Cruz takes pressure off Thumann Severs by adding three other witnesses for NASA and Transportation posts
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Wall Street to SpaceX: The NO in MVNO Means NO Backdoor Deals
Analysts doubt SpaceX could inherit Boost Mobile’s resale deals with AT&T or T-Mobile to expand Starlink as a mobile competitor
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Throw it Back? California Gov. Newsom Urged to Reject $1.4 Billion in BEAD Money over Net Neutrality
Ahead of the Nov. 1 BEAD funding deadline, Stanford Law professor Barbara van Schewick urged California’s governor not to accept the broadband money
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FCC Targets California’s COLR Regs in New Order Circulated by Carr
Agency is looking to eliminate red tape imposed by the California Public Utilities Commission to block AT&T from shutting down legacy copper networks
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Carr Confident Courts Will Back FCC on Cell Phone Jamming in State Prisons
‘This isn’t going to be a silver bullet at the end of the day but is a tool that has been denied law enforcement and corrections officials for too long’
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FCC’s Carr to Unveil Plan for Jamming Contraband Cell Phones in State Prisons
FCC leader to address this public safety issue today at a Little Rock, Ark. press conference
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Anthropic S-1 Delivers the MALE: Misuse, Abuse, Loss of Control, Economic Disruption
‘We consider it our personal responsibility to help the world understand these risks [and] to prevent or mitigate them,’ Anthropic says in IPO filing with the SEC
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Starlink Lifts Restrictions on Ukraine, President Zelensky Says
Elon Musk explains his position: ‘Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people.'
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Exiting Ting Fiber Transfers Colorado Springs Business to gFiber
Colorado Springs Utilities will receive $670 million over the next 30 years through the lease with gFiber.
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FCC’s Carr Warns Broadcasters About Airing Fake Polls Ahead of the November Election
Some polls are ‘designed to do nothing more than interfere with the regular functioning of the electoral process and alter the normal patterns of voter turnout and enthusiasm,’ Carr says
