Briefs
FCC Announces New Lab Chief in Office of Engineering and Technology
Verizon’s Cliff Jones brings more than three decades of telecom leadership experience
BEAD
ACLP: BEAD Winners Set to Put Up $11.4 Billion in Matching Funds
That’s more than 37 percent of the program’s total project costs, the group found.
Broadband Mapping and Data
Comcast Leads in Download Speed: Opensignal
Opensignal’s Q1 report on major ISPs found AT&T had the best upload speeds, and Charter had the highest network reliability score.
Infrastructure
Charter, Comcast Also Confident Amid Starlink Competition
Charter reached settlements with two intervenors in California’s review of its Cox acquisition.
Community Networks
Longmeadow Voters Reject Municipal Fiber Network Proposal
The vote followed what broadband advocates described as a telecom industry-backed astroturf campaign.
Appalachian Power Company
Comcast Seeks FCC Action in Pole Dispute With Appalachian Power Company
Disputed pole replacement fees could delay broadband deployments, the ISP argues.
Earnings
Optimum Down 64,000 Broadband Subs
The company posted 52,000 new mobile lines in the first quarter, its best in the last six years
Earnings
Shentel Up 6,000 Fiber Subs, Seeing Some Starlink Competition
Cable One stock tumbled after an ARPU dip.
Earnings
Charter Down 120,000 Broadband Subs
CEO Chris Winfrey is open to more cable consolidation.
Earnings
Comcast Beats on Broadband Losses and Wireless Adds
The cable giant improved its year-over-year subscriber losses for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2020.
Chips
NCTA: Growing Memory Chip Shortage Threatens Digital Infrastructure
Routers, laptops, and MRI scanners face tightened supply chains
Pole Attachments
Bill Maguire: The FCC Secures a (Bipartisan!) Win for Rural Broadband
The FCC's unanimous pole attachment ruling is a promising sign of bipartisan pragmatism in broadband policy, the author writes.
Tennessee
Lenoir City Public Utility Makes Speedy Progress On Tennessee Fiber Build
Lenoir City's public utility is building out a fiber network offering gigabit speeds at far lower prices than incumbent monopolies across Knox and Loudon counties.
Digital Inclusion
Lack of Data Makes Evaluating NY Affordability Law Difficult: Benton
The act went into effect a year ago, but participation rates are unclear.
Wireless
AT&T Launches Bundled Internet and Wireless Plan, Intensifying Competition
The new offering targets Comcast and Charter, while pressuring rivals Verizon and T-Mobile.
Customer service
Charter Closing Appleton, Wis. Call Center in May
The company said any of the 313 employees without a new position would be eligible for severance packages.
