Broadband's Impact
Broadband Offices Tout State Initiative to Train Prisoners for Broadband Workforce
The industry has been working to train students and others to take on jobs in broadband-related fields.
Fiber
Municipal Networks and Incumbent Providers Will Compete for Grant Funding in 2023
The cost of remote fiber deployment can be a deterrent, necessitating creative community solutions.
Comcast and Charter’s State Grants, AT&T Fiber in Arizona, New US Cellular Lobbyist
The cable companies lead in total awards from multiple states.
Senate Bill Would Alter Google Advertising, DOJ Cybersecurity Policy Reversal, Comcast on Hybrid Fiber-Coax
Senate introduces bill breaking up Google’s digital advertising business
News from NTIA at Broadband Breakfast, ‘Competent Providers’ Only, Instagram and Young Eating Disorders
NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson broke news on infrastructure implementation during his conversation with Broadband Breakfast this week.
Commerce Vote on Sohn Wednesday, Facebook Abandoning its Crypto Technology, Low EBB Awareness
The Senate Commerce Committee will vote on Sohn’s renomination after confirmation efforts stalled last year.
Broadband News
With a Potential Sale of Fiber Assets, Where is Windstream Going as a Telecom Company?
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Windstream seems to increasingly be trying to talk and act like an AT&T or Verizon Communications. This article highlights some strong aspects to his heritage as a back-haul fiber-optic provider. If this division is sold, it might mark the continued evolution toward tele
Broadband News
Nearly One Third of AT&T’s Fiber Subscribers Take a Gigabit of Service
Broadband Breakfast Insight: The need for speed is here, and is here to stay. You don’t build a next century network to accomodate the current capacity, but the capacity that people are going to be using. Here is more evidence that the future is coming sooner rather than later. AT&T says 30% of FTTH
Broadband News
With Wireline Providers Underinvesting, Who Will Make Broadband Infrastructure Push?
Broadband Breakfast Insight: Will the cable or the telco incumbents make the first move to the gigabit fiber future? The answer may be “none of the above.” Public-private partnerships unallied with either camp may make the next move in getting infrastructure to the smart cities of the future. -> AT&
FCC
Broadband Roundup: Incumbents Defend Data Caps, Comcast Cites Competition for Merger, and Wheeler Seeks Diversity of Media Ownership
WASHINGTON, September 24, 2014 –Verizon Communications and AT&T are urging the Federal Communications Commission to include the use of data caps in the agency’s definition of broadband. Including usage-based pricing in its definition is important because companies that use universal service funds to
Broadband Roundup: Rural Providers Want RUS Funding, AT&T Expands ‘GigaPower’, and Potential Surveillance Changes
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2014 – The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development and Credit held a hearing on coordinating the future of broadband investment. Lang Zimmerman, vice president of Yelcot Telephone Co., a member company of rural broadband association NTCA testified that fun
Broadband Calendar
BroadbandCensus.com Editor on 'My Technology Lawyer Radio' Thursday
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2009 – Drew Clark, Editor and Executive Director of BroadbandCensus.com, will be a guest on Thursday’s wireless edition of My Technology Lawyer Radio, focusing on the effectiveness of the new federal process for stimulus spending grants for broadband access.
