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CNET Names GFiber as Best ISP in 2026
‘With GFiber, what you see is what you get for the long haul: You get a flat, fixed rate from day one with zero term lengths, zero annual contracts, and zero promotional expirations attached’
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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Biden Judge Hands Round 1 to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr in Dispute with Disney/ABC
Following a September briefing schedule, U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan plans to hold a hearing the week of Oct. 5 – sooner if the FCC directs ‘any hearing designation order’ aimed at Disney/ABC
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FCC Chairman Carr Protects Radio Jobs as Cumulus Media’s Reorganization Gains Agency Approval
‘We commit to maintaining our existing newsroom staffing levels for a minimum of two years ...’ President and CEO Mary G. Berner tells Carr ahead of FCC approval of firm’s corporate reorganization
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With RDOF-Era Clairvoyance, FCC Democrat Anna Gomez Once Again Relegates Starlink to the ISP Underclass
“Until it is proven to me that [LEOs] have the capacity and the latency able to serve in our artificial intelligence economy, then I’m not convinced that that is in fact the answer,” Gomez said.
Policyband
New York’s Two Major Broadband Grant Programs Delivering Fewer Connections At Higher Costs, Study Finds
Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute study says New York grant amounts have risen by about $38 million across programs, while the number of planned connections has dropped by about 34,000
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DuJuan McCoy Slams National Association of Black Journalists for Giving Him ‘Troubling’ Award at Gala Event in Atlanta
NABJ hands African-American McCoy, CEO of Circle City Broadcasting, a 'Thumbs Down’ award over vaguely described concerns about his treatment of Black journalists at WISH‑TV in Indianapolis
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NT&T’s Collapse Forces Thousands in Five States to Find New Phone and Internet Providers Fast
An FCC filing shows the Nebraska carrier will shut down all services by Sept. 30 after wholesale partners cut off access, leaving 3,756 customers with only weeks to transition.
Policyband
Texas Puts BEAD Funding on Hold Over Allegations of Favoritism to Starlink
About $1.2 billion in limbo as the Texas Broadband Development Office deals with criticism, apparently encouraged by Starlink rival Amazon Leo, over how broadband deployment funds were awarded
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LPTV Stations Pitch FCC on New Datacasting Plan That Preserves Free TV
Unlike HC2 Broadcasting, XGN/X1 Mobile and Tyche Media promise to transmit at least one free over‑the‑air 720p program stream. Proposal would not be open to LPTV stations with cable must carry rights
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FCC's Trusty Does Not Believe in the Great Starlink Replacement Theory
'Satellite connectivity is not replacing fiber. It is complementing fiber,' Trusty said Monday in a speech in the Dominican Republic
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TV Stations ‘Sitting on a Gold Mine of Spectrum,” Scripps CEO Adam Symson Says
The new bullish spectrum comments came just days after Sinclair CEO Christopher Ripley said he was open to spectrum deals with Elon Musk's Starlink following the transition to NextGen TV
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FCC Lifts 39% Cap But Do TV Stations Squeezed by Big Tech Have a Future?
'I don’t want local broadcast TV to go the way of local newspapers. And yet the risk is real,' FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says
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Sinclair Ready to Talk Spectrum Deals with Starlink after Transition to NextGen TV
“I think the macro point is that this spectrum is very valuable,” Sinclair CEO Christopher Ripley told Wall Street analysts yesterday
Policyband
Elon Musk's Message to Rival ISPs – More Pain on the Way
“It’s not out of the question that at some point, Starlink will deliver a majority of the world’s Internet,” Musk said on an Aug. 4 earnings call with Wall Street analysts
Policyband
FCC's E-Rate Program Splits Markey, Moulton in Their Second TV Primary Debate
After Markey plugged $80 billion in E-Rate spending since 1996, Moulton responded, ‘I don’t think that any family of teenagers out there tonight thinks that our kids are safe from the Internet …’
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ALLO Fiber or Fibber? Regional ISP Ditching Boulder, Colo., Pact after Finalizing Citywide Broadband Deal Just Last Year
Nebraska-based ALLO is asking Boulder officials to agree to a mutual termination of their Fiber Lease Agreement, with ALLO agreeing to forfeit a $1.5 million initial rental payment
