BREAKING: White House action could have dramatic impact on the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program

The Council adopted a multi-year Open Access program to deliver county-wide high-speed connectivity.

Establishing Best Practices for U.S. State Broadband Program Accountability

Amazon has 153 active satellites, plans to launch enterprise service in 2025, removes reference to 'affordable broadband'

Fiber cuts and related acts can paralyze critical operations, creating cascading disruptions that may affect millions of citizens simultaneously.

To protect economic and public safety interests, regulators, legislators, law enforcement, municipalities, and communications providers must work together.

Only Texas and California have yet to post plans. Those results are expected in late October.

AT&T–BlackRock joint venture serves nearly 70 communities in six states.

Frustration with virtual school is sometimes leading students in juvenile detention to get into more trouble, extending their stay.

Amazon counting on SpaceX to deploy its LEO network.

Eleven states called out.

Infrastructure investment company appoints new CEOs to lead its fiber broadband and wireless businesses.

Telecom giant offers no reason for relinquishments

Ocala County is now fully connected to fiber optic internet.

There are a variety of technologies to consider for environments where fiber isn't a viable option

Coral Gables is known as 'The City Beautiful', and that includes technology.

Miami-Dade has been one of the more active counties in the country in addressing the digital enablement needs of the community.

Only handful of governors discuss broadband in 2025 opening remarks

T-Mobile found to have greatest 5G availability among users.

States are exploring new approaches to maintain broadband affordability for low-income households.

This is the sixth fiber project the company has completed nationwide.

Trump was kicked off Facebook following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Surge in network vandalism and theft prompt industry push for tougher laws protecting communications infrastructure.

America PAC was aided by a March ruling from the Federal Election Commission.

Says network outages, even for a few hours, are incredibly disruptive to modern economy.

Despite industry claims of affordable broadband, consumers report financial strain and show support for mandated price caps.

The company stole more than $100 million over several years

The agency activated its disaster reporting system Monday.

What was once largely a public-sector initiative is now attracting billions in private investment capital.

Once staunch opponents of open access, Tier 1 ISPs are now entering a space traditionally dominated by municipalities.

Big telecom carriers are racing to expand their fiber footprints.

Two federal efforts aimed at protecting children online have stalled as Congress went on a six-week recess without a vote.

As SpaceX leads in orbital launches, the $42.5B BEAD program could further bolster its role in global broadband expansion.

The LTE systems will provide redundancy for school safety measures and connection for 911 calls.

The report shows a county not only rich in eligible locations, but also opportunities for competing with incumbent providers.

Because the states live on to fight for another day, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody also declared victory

T-Mobile recorded median download speed of 234.82 Mbps.

The company will also be required to create a compliance plan.

The investment will enable the full production of semiconductors by 2025.

Florida Congresswoman says the proposal would harm low-income Americans

The company has constructed more than 1,000 miles of fiber in Southeast U.S.

The state had the highest average number of complaints to the FCC about internet per 100,000 broadband serviceable locations.

The city has an average download speed of 6.5 Gbps, claims the report.

Colorado Governor signs into law AI disinformation bill, days after similar FCC proposal

'Our bill gives Big Tech a choice: Work with Congress to ensure the Internet is a safe, healthy place for good, or lose Section 230 protections entirely,'

DigitalBridge Investments, Crestview Partners team up on the bid

For one year, FCC won't use Weiss ratings for banks' letters of credit of RDOF, CAF II winners.

Two companies have combined forces to bring high quality internet to the South.

The state had considered asking for a waiver to open up RDOF areas to BEAD funds.

Altice USA joins the growing list of near 100 companies that have failed to fulfill commitments made under RDOF.

Several state offices expect to utilize nondeployment funds in conjunction with infrastructure deployment funds for BEAD.

Justices Roberts, Kavanaugh and Barrett seemed skeptical of the constitutionality of the Florida and Texas laws.

The company needs to be designed as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier to promote the Lifeline option, it said.

The state may request a waiver to make RDOF areas eligible for BEAD.

The state will mark all DSL customers as ‘underserved’ in its Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment plan.

Broadband service provider WOW! is set to expand infrastructure in Florida

Adtran will partner with local area schools for its high school apprenticeship program.

States are ramping up to submit their five-year broadband plans.

Cartesian predictions follow closely with BEAD allocation announcements on Monday.

The AI Disclosure Act would require disclosures on all AI-generated content.

Senators are concerned about BEAD’s fiber preference and Buy America rules.

Court decisions on Texas and Florida “must-carry” laws disagreed on whether online platforms should be regulated as common carriers.

The court has not yet agreed to hear the cases, but multiple justices have commented on their importance.

The RWA told the FCC its members are struggling to get loans to fulfil Rip and Replace obligations.

The states will use their funding through the Capital Projects Fund to connect more than 180,000 homes and businesses.

‘This award will provide access to those communities who have for too long went without affordable internet connectivity.’

Only a handful of states have crafted their purchasing decisions after federal rules banning certain companies’ equipment.

The New York Times reported that Twitter is pausing its pay-for-verification system until after midterm elections.

Georgetown University professor Randy Barnett said that the ability to post on social media might be a civil right.

With FCC maps promised soon, some states are preparing to possibly challenge them by making their own.

Fixed wireless providers will be given an opportunity to view data about their served regions ahead of fabric roll-out.

Emerging state-level privacy bills have common threads with existing ones in California, Colorado and Virginia.

Bill Price discussed the work of LightBox in ensuring that states receive funding to close the digital divide.

Too many reports could burden federal officials, said the executive director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation.

NY’s Brad Hoylman introduced legislation that would attempt to control how social media handles users’ speech.

The administration’s efforts are mostly directed at curtailing the Chinese government.

Over 400,000 locations across the U.S. will get broadband in this funding wave.

A coalition of groups argue the Texas law violates the Constitution, US Telecom on investment and Connected Nation on impact.

The number of states restricting municipal broadband networks has dropped during the pandemic.

Huawei scoffs at FCC rip and replace, rural broadband bill moves in committee, franchise fees appeal, Calif. broadband bill integral.

Judge rules against Florida social media law, Ohio GOP cuts muni broadband ban, Democrats want increased child privacy protections.

Tech orgs sue Florida for social media bill, Verizon wants focus on affordability, Facebook allows man-made virus posts.

November 22, 2020 – In the event that the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden seeks substantial funding for broadband infrastructure, there is a strong likelihood that such monies would be channeled through a reverse-auction mechanism, said panelists at the Broadband Breakfast Live

The three name attorneys at the firm of Baller Stokes and Lide have joined the Washington, D.C., office of Keller and Heckman as partners, effective Monday. The resulting telecommunications group at the new firm will be more than three times the size of Baller Stokes and Lide, said Jim Baller, Sean

Many stakeholders in the communications sector made it clear that the internet should not be the tool used to collect ballots for the 2020 presidential election, according to an article in Law360. Virtual voting is fraught with vulnerabilities and would jeopardize the entire election. In fact, the U

As part of an effort in Longboat Key, Florida to move electrical infrastructure underground, the town is also building a city-wide fiber-optic network, which holds the potential to foster 100 percent internet connectivity within the town, GovTech reported. The project was born out of an ongoing conc

June 3, 2020 — “In a matter of three weeks, telehealth has advanced three years,” said Maryann Copenhaver, vice president of business partnerships at Mercy Virtual, on a webinar Thursday about the future of telehealth. Panelists on the webinar, which was hosted by Dell Technology, agreed that the CO

The BroadbandNow database company released its fifth report tracking home internet speeds. The data comes from the 200 most populous cities in the country, as well as hundreds of rural communities. The key findings indicate that rural areas are being hit the hardest by the impact of the coronavirus

BOCA RATON, Florida, April 6, 2020 – Walking along Massachusetts Ave in Washington, D.C. to an event in which I promised my editor I would sit far away from other attendees, I could not have foreseen how swiftly my life would change – along with the rest of the country. Within days I was ordered […]

March 20, 2020 – Slate Staff Writer Mark Joseph Stern led a discussion on how coronavirus could affect civil liberties through a quarantine-friendly platform. Future Tense hosted the “Social Distancing Social” on Thursday through Zoom, a practice that they will continue for the next few weeks. Coron

WASHINGTON, March 4, 2020 – House Energy and Commerce subcommittee chairman Mike Doyle, D-Penn., Federal Communications Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, and FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr all took turns addressing the homework gap and bad broadband maps at the Incompas policy summit Tuesday. “I play

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WASHINGTON, June 16, 2014 – In the midst of Netflix’s quarrels with Verizon Communications, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said in a statement Friday that the commission will investigate slowdowns in traffic to ascertain whether there’s harm to consumers. “To be clear, what w

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