Kentucky Broadband Join the broadband community for free, share your expertise below Free Sign up Kentucky Broadband Senate Passes Bills Aimed at Protecting Children Online 'Government mandates and censorship will not protect children online,' said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., one of the 'No' votes. Altafiber Not Sold on BEAD The company hasn't yet found an area it's excited about, an altafiber executive said. Communications Labor Union Ranks Broadband Projects The report evaluated projects on transparency, labor standards and digital equity. Somerville And Washington Maine Begin Fiber Network Construction Residents will soon have access to four tiers of broadband service. Musk, Carr Zing White House Over BEAD Delays, Costs 'This government program is an outrageous waste of taxpayer money and is utterly failing to serve people in need,' Musk says to his 187.7 million followers on X. NTIA Approves Maine, Kentucky BEAD Initial Proposals The approval opens access to more than $1.2 billion BEAD funds. Altice USA To Surrender RDOF Awards In Three More States The third-largest cable ISP in the country told the FCC Friday it intends to surrender awards in Kentucky, Arkansas and West Virginia. Flush With BEAD Cash, at Least 13 States Make Plans For ‘Nondeployment’ Funds Several state offices expect to utilize nondeployment funds in conjunction with infrastructure deployment funds for BEAD. Lifeline Awareness Week, $386 Million Kentucky Investment, Fiber Workforce Development Lifeline Awareness Week has been broadened to include National Digital Connectivity Third-Party Consultants Can Coordinate Broadband Deployment, Say Panelists Awardees of NTIA’s BIP recommend hiring third-party technical consultants. Many States Receive Broadband Planning Grants, Complaints About Charter, Blockchain for Healthcare Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, D.C, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, N.D., Pennsylvania, S.C., Virginia, and W.V. received awards. Coalition Says FCC E-rate Portal Proposal Could Create More Problems Industry officials say the commission’s approach to E-rate competition would burden applicants. Ocean Shipping Reform Act, New Mexico Seeks Fiber Alternatives, Kentucky Broadband Subsidy Uptake Congress “took a big step” toward improving supply chain and “addressing serious cost increases.” Biden Acts on Surveillance, Florida Broadband Maps, Free State Wants Constitutional Spectrum The administration’s efforts are mostly directed at curtailing the Chinese government. Universal Service Fund Contribution Dip, Letter to Appoint Fifth FCC Commish, Texas Broadband Bill The USF sees dip in contribution, Biden is urged to appoint fifth FCC commish, Texas broadband office can avoid overbuilding. Brian Mefford: A Radical and Realistic Approach to Rural Broadband Mapping When America built our railroads and highways, paper maps were updated continuously with feedback from the edge of the networks that provided regular status updates. When reports of obstacles were relayed (go through a mountain or around it, as an example) then strategists, managers, builders, polic New Resource from Institute for Local Self-Reliance on Building Fiber in Rural America BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Once again, the folks at the Institute for Local Self Reliance have produced another standout report on how to get better broadband to those parts of American that are not served by the major incumbents. This report focuses on the role that cooperatives are playing, and How Will the Future of Work Impact Rural Communities? Learn How at Rural Telecom Congress Next Week DALLAS, April 25, 2017 – What kind of workplaces and economic environment are rural areas likely to experience in the future? At the Rural Telecommunications Congress program here at the 2017 Broadband Communities Summit next week, two of the sessions on Wednesday, May 3, will feature address that q Now Coming in Broadband Infrastructure: The Battle Over Pole Attachments and ‘One Touch’ BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: One of the most interesting questions in broadband infrastructure today centers around dry legalities like “dig once” and “one touch.” This conflict in Louisville shows that Google still intends to stay in the battle, at least on the policy and legal front, vis-a-vis inc Fiber Optics Now Seen as Default Technology Even for Deployment of Rural Broadband, Says FCC Official LEXINGTON, Kentucky, September 16, 2015 – Fiber-optics is now the default mode for deploying high-speed internet throughout the country, even including rural areas, said the head of the Federal Communications Commission’s office of strategic planning. “Everywhere the country [that] has been able to Alaska Get a snapshot view of broadband initiatives in Alaska. 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Commerce Department Awards 10 More Broadband Mapping Grants; Total Funding is $97 Million WASHINGTON, January 13, 2010 – The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration on Tuesday announced that it has awarded grants to fund broadband mapping and planning activities in Connecticut, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahom U-S State Broadband Pages. Should the Data in Broadband Maps Be Transparent and Public? WASHINGTON, February 18, 2009 – Art Brodsky, communications director at Public Knowledge, has just posted a second piece about Connected Nation. For more than a year, BroadbandCensus.com has been presenting an alternative to the proprietary-information model of Connected Nation. Load more posts