Fiber

Placerville to Break Ground on $20.2 million Fiber-Optic Broadband Project

Taxpayers funding the broadband project.

Earnings

WideOpenWest Taken Private in $1.5 Billion Deal

Shareholders will be compensated $5.20 a share, as telecommunications provider posts revenue of $144.2 million

Digital Inclusion

Detroit Public Housing Residents to Get Free High-Speed Internet with DigitalC

DigitalC, Merit, Microsoft, and Rocket partner on free internet pilot in Detroit.

BEAD

NTIA: States Can’t Enforce Rate Laws on BEAD Participants

Only New York has a law regulating broadband prices for low-income households.

FCC

Local Governments Challenge FCC’s Use of Direct Final Rule

‘DFR not an appropriate vehicle for such significant change,’ over 85 localities argue.

Democracy

Canadian Internet Policy Sparks Backlash

Canada’s internet market may get too competitive for small telecoms.

Funding

USF Contribution Factor Expected to Hit Record 39.3 Percent

Would represent a 3.3 percentage point increase from Q3 2025.

Earnings

Bell Canada: Ziply Counts 375,000 Fiber Subs

The Northwest ISP is expected to hit 2 million fiber passings by 2028.

Nuclear

Nuclear Power Resurges, Absent a Strong Environmentalist Response

Is the sound of silence replacing the roar of the crowds against ‘no more nukes’?

Policyband

Nexstar, Gray Media Try Glass-Steagall Repeal Strategy to Gain FCC Merger Approvals

Gray has announced three deals that technically violate FCC rules that ban the common ownership of two or more Top 4 stations in a market.

Data Center

As Electric Bills Rise, Evidence Mounts That Data Centers Share Blame

States are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.

Earnings

Quarterly Numbers, and Other Charts, for Breakfast Club Members

Broadband Breakfast is tracking wireline and wireless broadband subscribers by technology.

FCC

Former FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Named Executive Director of MIT Media Lab

Rosenworcel to bring policy expertise and public-interest focus to tech innovation hub at MIT

Broadband Live

Broadband Breakfast on August 27, 2025 - Dateline Ashburn: What We Learned

How are the computing demands of the modern world affecting the heartbeat of American data centers?

FCC

FCC Commissioner Trusty: 'How Mississippi Leads in America’s Digital Future'

Trusty promotes the FCC’s ‘Build America Agenda’ and its promise for rural communities

Funding

Massachusetts Governor Announces $31.5 Million for Public Housing Internet

Funding will connect more than 13,700 housing units to reliable, high-speed internet service.