AT&T

FCC

New AT&T Fiber Venture, Mixed Outcomes for Big Tech Bills, Capping Predatory Prison Phone Rates

AT&T’s new Gigapower joint venture will build fiber outside the company’s current footprint.

FSF

FCC Proposes Competing ‘Digital Discrimination’ Definitions, Advocates Clash

The FCC requested input on allowing economic and technical feasibility exceptions to the definition.

BDC

Innovation Fund Consultation Launched, Broadband Mapping for Apartments, Digital Discrimination Clarity

Comments on the $1.5B fund are due January 27, 2023.

DC Circuit

Interference Concerns with FCC Raised Over Wi-Fi in 6 GigaHertz Band

Southern Linc raised concerns about potential interference issues with the agency’s opening the band for unlicensed use.

Broadband Live

Small ISPs Face Economic, Incumbent Bundling Headwinds: CoBank Economist

CoBank also mentions that Space X and T-Mobile will begin testing a satellite service by the end of 2023.

Infrastructure

Rural Broadband Author Touts Local Ownership of Networks

Christopher Ali wrote a book about the failures of rural broadband policies and leadership last year.

ISP

Pause on Twitter Verification, ISP Acquired, Public Safety Network New Board Member

The New York Times reported that Twitter is pausing its pay-for-verification system until after midterm elections.

Musk Now Owns Twitter, Cox Dodges AT&T Challenge, Workforce Development Alliance

Upon assuming control of Twitter, Elon Musk reportedly fired Twitter’s chief executive officer, chief financial officer, and others

EBB

Chairman Pallone Says Service Providers May Be Abusing ACP

‘These reports detail problems customers have faced,” wrote Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone

Ziply

AT&T Seeks Fiber Expansion, States Still Have Muni Network Barriers, Ziply Buy Comments

AT&T is seeking a joint venture partner to plow billions into a fiber expansion project.

Benton

Anchor Institutions Play Key Role in Digital Literacy: Benton Senior Fellow

55 percent of people surveyed were not confident in their ability to use the internet, a study found.

BEAD

Public–Private Partnership Model ‘Most Effective Way’ to Address Digital Divide: AT&T Rep

The company’s president of broadband access and adoption initiatives lauded AT&T’s public-private partnerships.

Privacy

In Video Session, Christopher Mitchell Digs Into Community Ownership and Open Access Networks

The conversation dealt with open access networks, and whether cities are well-suited to play a role in developing them.

Charter

North Carolina Officials Tout Recent Investments in Rural Fiber

North Carolina hopes to achieve 80 percent subscription to broadband services among its citizens.

AARP

AT&T Sues T-Mobile Over Ad, Nokia Partners with Ready, LightPath Expanding

T-Mobile is being sued over an ad that said AT&T only gives discounts to seniors in Florida.

Funding

Future of Louisiana Broadband on Stage with BEAD Planning, Workforce Training

Special Representative for Broadband Andy Burke announced Louisiana as first state to receive $2.9 million broadband planning grant.