The company says its map is based on millions of M-Lab speed tests conducted over a six-month period.
Pioneered with city-owned Huntsville Utilities in Alabama and Google Fiber, the utility lease model makes unlit fibers available to others.
A new bill would provide grants to providers who can quickly build middle-mile infrastructure along existing electrical grid system.
Huntsville Utilities has constructed a fiber network to nearly every residence and business but not directly connected the properties.
Why deregulation isn't pro-competition, the case for repealing Section 230, and the breakup of AT&T.
April 12, 2021 – Senator Josh Hawley, R-MO, shared with Axios a new proposal that would bar corporate giants from […]
March 24, 2021 – The University of Southern California and the California Emerging Technology Fund announced a partnership on Monday to […]
December 29, 2020 — Smaller internet service providers were critical to fiber growth in 2020, accounting for 88 percent of […]
November 24, 2020 — In a virtual conversation sponsored by Connected Nation Michigan, Wes Kerr, director of community solutions at […]
November 12, 2020 — The failure to connect the rural-urban digital divide in the United States is not one of […]
Cooperative Network Services, a consultant that works with broadband providers in the upper Midwest, recently created a map plotting the […]
September 16, 2020 – Partnerships between local municipal governments and private broadband providers can actually work, according to a panel […]
SpaceX, an aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company headed by Elon Musk, has been actively deploying internet-beaming satellites into […]
June 30, 2020 — When internet historians look back on the present day, Tuesday may end up being known as […]
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau on Friday granted temporary spectrum access to 33 wireless internet service providers serving […]
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Friday urged broadband and telephone service providers to take the Keep Americans Connected […]
WASHINGTON, February 3, 2020 – ITTA, which called itself “the voice of America’s broadband providers,” closed on Friday due to […]
The Open Technology Institute of New America on Wednesday released a blog post focusing on Ammon, Idaho, and highlighted how […]
The largest open-access network in the United States has been a boon to its 11 member cities and is expanding […]
Locally-run internet service providers offer better broadband than their private sector counterparts, according to a recent study by PCMag. The […]
Broadband Breakfast Insight: We have no information on the veracity of this speculation, from last week’s Fortune, but it is […]
WASHINGTON, October 19, 2015 - The Federal Communications Commission on Friday announced that it had launched an investigation into the broadband pricing plans of local exchange...
WASHINGTON, January 14, 2015 — The White House’s recent report on “Community-Based Broadband Solutions” relies heavily on an Open Technology […]
WASHINGTON, October 16, 2014 – Three-dimensional holograms, immersive virtual reality environments, instant face-to-face meetings that match physical meetings and inch closer to a real-life virtual hug....
WASHINGTON, September 5, 2014 – Google Fiber has been perhaps the primary driver of the current push toward high-speed internet […]
WASHINGTON, June 19, 2014 – The House Judicary Committee on Wednesday approved the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act this week […]
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2014 – Most internet service providers are delivering upload and download broadband speeds as advertised, according to […]
WASHINGTON, May 27, 2014 – The House Energy and Commerce Committee recently released a white paper that seeks public comment […]
WASHINGTON, September 6, 2013 – The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday released a map demonstrating the location of more than […]
WASHINGTON, August 5, 2013 – The Broadband Breakfast Club on Monday released the video from the July 16, 2013, Broadband […]
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2013 – It’s springtime across the country, the flowers are blooming, and Gigabit fever must be in […]
WASHINGTON, October 19, 2012 – The internet policy news and events service BroadbandBreakfast.com held its October 2012 Broadband Breakfast Club “Reforming […]
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2011 -The Federal Communications Commission approved the merger of telecommunications carrier, Qwest Communications, and internet service provider, CenturyLink. Following the completion of the...
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2010- On July 11 the North Carolina House of Representatives put an end to a bill that […]
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2010 - Small businesses must have better access to broadband technology to flourish, propel the nation’s economic growth and to better be able...
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2010 - Qwest Communications has announced a merger with CenturyLink. The new firm will span 37 states with 5 million broadband customers, 850,000...