Expert Opinion
Rebecca Stone: What ISPs Need to Know About ‘Work from Home’ Habits
ISPs should treat the home network as business-critical infrastructure, since remote-work usage patterns differ sharply between the U.S. and Europe.
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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
Earnings
SpaceX Planning Terrestrial Deployments to Support Direct-to-Device
The company added 1.7 million broadband subscribers in the second quarter
Wireless
Tower Companies Optimistic Amid Spectrum Auctions, Potential AI Deployments
SBA Communications has been in early talks with satellite companies about terrestrial deployments
Expert Opinion
John Doyle: The FCC’s New ID Rule is a Gift to America’s Adversaries
The FCC's proposed ID collection rule would build the exact database Chinese hackers are already inside U.S. telecom networks looking for.
USF
New Mexico Launches Rulemaking for Broadband Affordability Program
The state program will offer eligible households discounts toward broadband service beginning Dec. 1.
Digital Inclusion
Commerce Working on New Round of Digital Equity Act Funding
The agency is planning to take applications in December
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 …’
AI
FTC Inquiry into AI ‘Ideological Bias’ Draws First Amendment Objections
The public comment period on the matter closed Friday.
BEAD
Virginia Moves Forward on BEAD Contracts
One ISP backed out of a small project, but other winners are scooping up those locations
Ohio
Ohio Invests $20 Million in Statewide Broadband Expansion Program
Com Net Inc. will construct a fiber network that spans 15 counties.
Data Center
SpaceX Removing Gas Turbines from Mississippi Data Center
The decision comes amid ongoing lawsuits and a top House Democrat letter to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
Broadband Mapping and Data
Federal Broadband Funding Is Expanding Coverage and Competition
New CostQuest analysis found federally funded areas are increasingly served by multiple providers
Earnings
EchoStar’s Hughes Files for Bankruptcy
EchoStar lost 118,000 mobile subscribers in the second quarter
Expert Opinion
Bruce Kushnick: An Open Letter Calling for a Debate with the Group Digital Progress
The authors propose a debate using the Verizon NY 2025 Annual Report, and other pertinent facts
FCC
Communications Act Could Give FCC Commissioners Firmer Legal Footing Than Slaughter
Unlike the FTC, Congress intentionally designed the FCC as a bipartisan commission, one expert said
