Expert Opinion
Rep. Louis Riggs: BEAD's Groundhog Day Moment
No reputable provider is going to propose serving areas that do not make sense with fiber.
Fiber
Fiber-optic technology is the gold standard for home or commercial broadband, and powers wireless connectivity. It delivers high speed and reliability, as well as vastly higher bandwidth.
Fiber
Fiber Broadband Association Voices Confidence About Fiber's Role in BEAD
GOP lawmakers have signaled a desire to increase participation from fixed wireless and satellite.
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast on February 19, 2025 - The New Convergence: Fiber and Wireless
As data demands soar, operators are racing to integrate fiber backhaul with wireless infrastructure.
Fiber
Charter Asks Court to Block Former Exec from Metronet Job
The cable giant said T-Mobile and Metronet would have access to its convergence trade secrets.
White Papers
Protecting The Nation's Critical Communications Infrastructure From Theft and Vandalism
To protect economic and public safety interests, regulators, legislators, law enforcement, municipalities, and communications providers must work together.
subsea cable
Quintillion Provides Subsea Fiber Cut Updates
Company hopes to have new fiber route completed by this spring.
Ziply
Ting Halts Work in City Filled with D.C. Powerful
Ziply Fiber also saw operations suspended in Sammamish, Wash.
subsea cable
At Least 11 Baltic Cables Have Been Damaged in 15 Months
The NATO alliance is ratcheting up its guard against suspected attempts to sabotage underwater data and energy cables.
Broadband's Impact
Texas Awards $424.6 million in Broadband Deployment Grants
Most of the grants will fund fiber projects.
SpaceX
ITIF Plan Would Cap BEAD Grants at $1,200 Per Location
Savings would go to fund Internet affordability programs
subsea cable
Fiber Break in Alaska Causes Widespread Network Outages
Subsea fiber cables can't be repaired until late summer.
NTIA
Hawaii Announces Plan to Become First Fully Fiber State
Project is expected to be completed by the end of 2026
Expert Opinion
Eight Hundred Words to the Nattering Nabobs Of Negativism
I continue to hear the whining about fiber being too expensive and deployment too rural and remote, and just not practical.
Broadband Mapping and Data
Fiber, Fixed Wireless Connections Rose in 2023: FCC Marketplace Report
The biannual report detailed the agency's latest national subscriber figures.
Fiber
Fiber Broadband Association Rings in New Year Touting 100 Gbps Service
'The only thing that is certain in 2025 is uncertainty,' said GFiber's Ariane Schaffer.
Labor Department
The Broadband Industry Shift: What BSPs Will Need to Compete and Win in 2025
2025 will be an interesting year for Broadband Service Providers.
