FCC
NTIA Awards More Planning Grants, 10 GHz Band for Fixed Wireless, WISPA Warning on Digital Discrimination Inquiry
The NTIA approved eight more planning grants Monday.
ISP
Pause on Twitter Verification, ISP Acquired, Public Safety Network New Board Member
The New York Times reported that Twitter is pausing its pay-for-verification system until after midterm elections.
ISP
Provider Input on State Programs Can Help States Attract Private Investment, Say Broadband Officials
‘We want to help you help us.’
ISP
In a SamKnows Panel Discussion, Speed is Becoming Less Important than Reliable Broadband Service
ISPs have begun selling home network equipment themselves, which has become popular.
FCC
Broadband Mapping Masterclass on September 27, 2022
Learn how your ISP and community can avoid the broadband mapping trainwreck.
ISP
Joe Kane: Rural Broadband Infrastructure Should Fund People Wherever They Are
Future broadband funding should target those who need it, even if they live in cities or the suburbs.
FCC
Jeremy Jurick and Paul Schneid: Preparing Data for the FCC’s Broadband Filing
The new FCC requirements in the broadband data collection program are important to meet the nation’s connectivity goals.
ISP
States Must Review ISP Capabilities When Awarding Federal Infrastructure Funds
‘[State] decision makers in this program need to be careful about who is the qualified and experienced provider.’
ISP
Partnerships Likely to Be Deciding Factor in State Distribution of BEAD Funds, Say Experts
State and federal broadband policy experts agreed that partnerships would be instrumental to spending $42.5 billion in broadband funds.
ISP
Sean Gonsalves: NTIA Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson Dishes on BEAD at Mountain Connect 2022
The NTIA will press states to not lock out publicly-owned broadband project. If they do, they must disclose why.
FCC
‘A Lot’ of Providers Haven’t Complied with FCC Transparency Order, ISP Lawyer Claims
International Municipal Lawyers Association heard service providers need to prioritize transparency.
ISP
Shrihari Pandit: States Can Enable Broadband Infrastructure Through Open Access Conduits
By creating open infrastructure systems, states can reduce the barriers to entry and foster increased broadband competition.
ISP
Ben Bawtree-Jobson: Internet Service Providers Benefit From a Shared Fiber Network Infrastructure
Both emerging and established internet service providers will stand to gain from SiFi Networks’ shared broadband model.
FCC
For or Against, It’s Time To Consider Codifying Net Neutrality In Law, Panelists Say
March 18, 2021 – The issue of net neutrality has captured more bandwidth than needed and the concept – either for or against – must be codified in the law so the issue doesn’t surface every election cycle, the president of the App Association said during a Federal Communications Bar Association even
FCC
Women Dems Speak Up for FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel, UTOPIA Fiber’s New Funding, Starlink Speeds Double
February 23, 2021 – A letter signed by 33 Democratic women urging acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel to be nominated as the first woman to permanently chair the agency was sent to White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klain on Monday. Leading the letter of support were Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif.,
FCC
In Discussing ‘Broadband and the Biden Administration,’ Trump and Obama Transition Workers Praise Auctions
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
