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Tribal

Tribal Broadband Is About Sovereignty, Not Just Speed

Tribal communities are combining fiber, shared networks and adoption support to create internet services they can govern and sustain.

BEAD

Building BEAD: From Federal Awards to Finished Networks

BEAD’s next phase will depend on workable contracts, timely permitting and consumer-focused accountability as broadband projects move toward construction.

Data Center

As AI Data Centers Surge, Builders Confront the Politics of Power

At the AI Infra Summit, experts said the future of data centers hinges less on AI itself and more on securing electricity and community trust.

Digital Divide

Broadband Access Alone Isn’t Enough for Small Businesses

Panelists said small businesses need affordable, reliable service and the skills to use it, not just a connection.

AI

A Looming ‘Tokenocracy’ Threatens Regulators Ability to Govern AI

Panelists say the evaluation gap, not geopolitics, is the binding constraint on global AI rules

Education

Distance Learning Leaders Say Broadband Is No Longer the Hard Part

The field's toughest challenges have moved past connectivity to teacher preparation, human presence and the arrival of AI in the classroom.

Telecom 150

Broadband Breakfast Course Traces 150 Years of American Telecommunications

Broadband Breakfast CEO previews the 35-lesson course tracing American telecom from Bell's patent to AI. The course launches Monday

Mountain Connect

BEAD Weariness and AI Ambition Collide at Mountain Connect

BEAD delays left Mountain Connect panelists weary, while AI pushes compute toward an edge rural economics struggle to reach.

Rural

Rural Broadband Pays Off Only When Communities Decide, Panelists Say

Rural broadband is now table stakes for economic development, panelists said on a Broadband Breakfast Live Online panel.

Cybersecurity

How to Fight Back Against Fraudulent Robocalls

Panelists warned that anti-fraud tools can't keep pace with scammers exploiting cheap internet calling and AI.

BEAD

State Broadband Chiefs Await Guidance on $21 Billion of Remaining BEAD Funds

Four state broadband directors, still awaiting federal guidance on billions in remaining BEAD funds, speak at Broadband Breakfast Live Online event.

Copyright

Supreme Court's Cox Ruling Reshapes Copyright Fight, With AI Cases Next in Line

The high court's 9-0 Cox v. Sony ruling hands AI developers a ready-made defense against claims that their models are built for infringement.

AI

How to Prepare Workers for Artificial Intelligence Disruption as Safety Nets Erode

Panelists debated AI's true impact on jobs while warning that support systems meant to help workers adapt are being cut.

Independent Agencies

The Internet Dispersed Power. The Supreme Court is Concentrating It

Panelists at BroadbandLive event including the ‘father of the Internet,’ the author of the maxim that ‘Code is Law’ and a pivotal FCC chairman

Telecom 150

From the Beginning, Politics Triggered Broadcasting

Media scholars argued that politics, not technology, shaped American broadcasting from 1927 on, repeatedly shielding incumbents from competition.

Telecom 150

Telephone's Rise Was Shaped by Courts and Lobbying, Not Just Wires, Historians Say

The patent Bell filed in 1876 never described a speaking telephone. His lawyers later argued it did.