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.
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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.
BEAD
Under Louisiana’s New BEAD Plan, 80% of Locations Will Get Fiber
That's down from 95% under the state's Biden administration plan
Net Neutrality
Public Interest Groups Won’t Take Net Neutrality Case to Supreme Court Now
Groups say political climate too hostile for a high court appeal.
Commerce
Rural Co-ops Back NTIA’s Overhaul of Environmental Review Rules
NRECA praises alignment with new law and Supreme Court ruling.
Digital Inclusion
Experts Spar Over Consumers Need For Internet Speeds
Panelists split on whether gigabit broadband was essential or overhyped.
Nokia Webinar
August 12, 2025: BEAD Unplugged: The Controversies, the Questions, and What Comes Next
In this candid and timely webinar, three leading broadband policy experts will dive into a digital 'grab bag' of hot-button BEAD topics.
Funding
Big Telecom Carriers Bankroll the Universal Service Fund
Panelist estimates that AT&T alone pays over $1 billion into the fund
Policyband
Gomez Joins 'Starlink is Nice … But' Caucus
LEO and fixed wireless 'are capacity-limited, and are not the silver bullet to close the digital divide. On the other hand, fiber service has more upfront," Gomez said.
BEAD
A Staredown Between States and NTIA Over the Future of ‘Non-Deployment’ Funding
State broadband offices worry they’ll get the short end of the pencils they are sharpening.
Broadband Mapping and Data
Gomez Wary of FCC’s Deployment Inquiry
The agency is proposing to scrap assessments of broadband affordability and adoption.
