Social Media

YouTube to Begin Testing a New AI-Powered Age Verification System in the U.S.

Political pressure has been building on websites to better verify ages to shield children from inappropriate content.

FCC

FCC’s Trusty Announces Staff Changes

Marcus Maher to serve as Senior Legal Advisor.

FCC

Consumers’ Research Continues Legal Attacks on USF

Group calls on FCC to cut fees despite Supreme Court ruling.

Infrastructure

AT&T CTO Outlines Plan to Become ‘Lowest Cost’ Data Transport Provider

Legg says converging networks, modernizing infrastructure, and expanding AI key to the plan.

Rural

Work Begins on $87M Michigan Middle Mile Project

Project will pass fiber through island relying on DSL.

NTIA

Public Interest Groups Urge NTIA to Keep Community Anchor Institutions Definition ‘Flexible’

Groups warn that senior centers, houses of worship could be excluded from BEAD.

Policyband

NAB, CTIA Wrote D.C. Mayor in 2024 About ‘Horrifying’ Violence. Trump Just Replied

In December 2023, just before a Thursday lunch hour, four people were shot – two fatally – in a gun battle that occurred only a short walk from NAB’s front door at M Street in Southeast D.C.

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’?