BDC
Industry and Other Internet-Focused Observers React to Release of National Broadband Map
Critics said that no one knows how thoroughly the map’s inaccuracies can be corrected before BEAD allocations must be made.
Broadband Live
FCC Releases National Broadband Map Amid Controversy
To correct for inevitable errors, the FCC is soliciting challenges to the map’s provider-submitted data.
IIJA
Local Leadership and Coordination Key to Proper Federal Fund Allocation, Conference Hears
Local communities understand their own needs, said Arkansas’s Glen Howie.
Fabric
Draft National Broadband Map To Be Released November 18, FCC Says
The FCC said individuals will also be able to challenge its broadband fabric once the draft map is released.
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.
Infrastructure
New Broadband Workers Can Be Enticed By High Wages, Career Advancement: Experts
‘There are just an incredible amount of even management positions that would be well-suited to develop through an apprentice program.’
FCC
Broadband Labels Shouldn’t Burden Small Providers, Wireless Association Says
WISPA’s letter notes that many of its member are small providers that serve sparsely populated areas.
FCC
Communities Must Be Accurate in Fabric-Challenge Submissions, says Mapping Non-profit
‘Local communities have a lot of data and knowledge that CostQuest and the FCC don’t have,’ Dustin Loup said.
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast on November 16, 2022 – How to Value Your Fiber Company
In the midst of what can only be described as a fiber boom, how should you value your fiber business?
Infrastructure
Broadband Breakfast on November 2, 2022 – Workforce Development Measures
How can states sustain and expand the dwindling broadband workforce?
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast on October 26, 2022 – Challenging the Broadband Fabric
Amid rising discontent about the FCC’s use of the “broadband fabric” to measure broadband availability, what are the alternatives?
FCC
NTIA to Seek Public Comment on Developing Spectrum Strategy: Official
‘The immediate goal is to create a detailed list of [spectrum] bands for intensive examination.’
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast on October 19, 2022 – Taxing Broadband Grants: Can it be Changed?
Does the ‘Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act’ stand a chance?
Infrastructure
New ‘Dig Once’ Policy from White House, Texas Social Media Law Stayed, Starry Defaults on RDOF
Biden-Harris administration implements new action plan to expedite infrastructure projects, including a new “dig once” policy.
ARPA
Kansas Official Says Capital Projects Fund Better Suited Than BEAD for Some High-Cost Rural Areas
The CPF allows the state to contribute more money toward builds, the state official said.
BDC
After Controversial Panel on Mapping, FCC Confirms No Charges for Access to Fabric
Some third parties are wondering about the terms on which they will be able to access the FCC’s mapping fabric.
