BEAD
Pennsylvania Planning Fiber for 64% of BEAD Locations
North Dakota would get fiber to almost all of its relatively few locations.
Infrastructure
Fiber, Fixed Wireless Adds Improved Over Last Q2, Cable Worsened
Analysts don’t expect cable subscriber growth soon.
Earnings
Cable One Testing Mobile Service
The cable operator lost 13,500 broadband subscribers in the second quarter.
Earnings
Comcast Down 226,000 Broadband Subs
The company posted its highest mobile gains ever with 378,000 new lines.
Free Speech
FCC Chair Hit With Legal Ethics Complaint Over Alleged Abuse of Office
Watchdog calls for disbarment over Carr’s role in Paramount’s settlement with Trump
Digital Inclusion
Consulting Firm Creates Digital Opportunity Index Measuring ISPs
Group hopes index will supplement ESG for evaluating ISPs.
Earnings
Charter Down 117,000 Broadband Subs
That's more losses than Wall Street had expected.
SpaceX
Amazon and SpaceX Undercut Competition in Tennessee BEAD Bidding
Average LEO bids were $228K, a fraction of the $2.7M requested by fiber providers, on average.
Russell Hanser
NCTA Urges the FCC to Reject Expansion of Regulatory Fees
Battle of the trade associations.
Wireless
Comcast, Charter Ink Business MVNO Deal with T-Mobile
The cable operators will be able to offer wireless service to mid-size businesses.
Comcast
Charter Again Classifies Network Vandalism As ‘Domestic Terrorism’
Could broadband damage pose a national security threat?
NTIA
FBA: ‘The Fiber Industry Could Not Be Better’
Trade association elated by passage of OBBB
Energy
Comcast Cuts Network Energy Use Per Byte Nearly in Half
Reduced energy consumption by utilizing cloud, AI, and temperature-controlled areas
mergers
Moffett Likes Charter-Cox Deal
Charter's mobile service will have more room to grow with Cox's wireline footprint.
West Virginia
West Va. Gov. Announces $34.6 Million Grants for Fiber Expansion
Morrisey awards broadband funding to ISPs serving 10 counties
Ron Wyden
Wyden Warns Fellow Senators about Executive Branch Surveillance
Claims lawmakers not being informed as required.
