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State task force weakens utility reporting requirements, despite calls for more oversight.

LEO satellite technology is proving to be a cost-effective, high-quality solution for broadband deployment, the author writes.

Massachusetts is advancing legislation to provide $15 monthly broadband service to low-income residents.

State has received just under 200 applications for LEO project in the first month

N.Y. to enforce law mandating $15 and $20 Internet plans for low-income residents.

NTIA said it has significantly reduced barriers to participation by LEO satellite providers.

Some of these locations may require $100,000 for a terrestrial wireline connection.

The state is looking to get service to 9,000 homes and businesses without any broadband.

Funds will be used by the state’s digital equity program.

The sale would see Searchlight Capital Partners and a partner take ownership of Consolidated Communications.

About 95,000 state locations would be eligible for free satellite equipment.

Satellite differs from wireline on price, reliability, and security, trade group says.

Company says it can take years to access poles in the Bay State.

These locations will remain eligible for fiber deployment under BEAD.

Gov. Mills predicts Maine will close its digital divide by the end of the year.

Breach underscores risk of using third-party vendors

The awards go to two partnerships that will connect over 15,000 addresses in the state.

Prequalification phase will evaluate financial, technical, operational and managerial capacity.

The network will connect over 260,00 addresses in the state.

A Maine Community College is adopting the FBA's certification program to address expanding need following federal grants.

The money will fund digital improvements to 12 community organizations across Maine.

Residents will soon have access to four tiers of broadband service.

'This government program is an outrageous waste of taxpayer money and is utterly failing to serve people in need,' Musk says to his 187.7 million followers on X.

The approval opens access to more than $1.2 billion BEAD funds.

The rebuttal phase allows ISPs to address challenges to service claims.

The critical need for broadband deployment in rural America is emphasized by the loss of 557,000 farms sinc, RUS chief says.

That makes 10 open challenge windows, plus 18 states finished with the first phase of the process.

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

States are now free to apply for funding to address barriers to broadband adoption.

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

NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson announced the first recipient of the digital equity grant program

Broadband heads from 5 states listed community outreach, mapping, and program deadlines as top priorities for BEAD.

Maine is one of the first states to submit its plan to the NTIA, following Delaware.

The state’s unique fiber sharing model makes all the difference for middle mile builds, say Utahns.

What are states focusing on in order to maximize the amount and impact of their federal broadband funding?

The report did not find a significant discrepancy for plans advertising speeds of 125 Mbps or slower.

Kansas, Maine, Maryland and Minnesota are among the awardees.

The state is optimistic that multiple sources of funding from federal programs will close the digital divide.

Officials from Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine and New Mexico outline how they are preparing for broadband funding.

One of the most helpful things a state broadband director can do for themselves is pick up the phone.

Dish Wireless has a new president at a critical time in push to become major wireless player in the U.S.

The Federal Communications Commission’s priority window for tribes excluded many native people across the country, said Amerind Project Manager Edyael Casaperalta at an event on the digital divide hosted on Wednesday by Silicon Flatirons. Because there isn’t enough incentive for broadband providers

September 24, 2020 — Many states have taken action to speed the deployment of broadband to unserved and underserved regions by developing statewide broadband programs that typically include funding commitments, legislative initiatives, and provide access to other inventive resources. “States play a

August 11, 2020 — As America prioritizes closing the digital divide, critical last-mile digital infrastructure ownership models are expanding and differentiating to serve the unserved. Different towns across America are in different situations in terms of the availability of existing digital infrast

5G is an important driver of economic growth, wrote James Prieger, a professor of economic and public policy at Pepperdine University, in a report for the Free State Foundation Monday. Investments in 5G networks contribute directly to national GDP, creating jobs, accelerating business practices, and

Next Century Cities this week highlights broadband programs in five states, in advance of the “West Central Mountains High Speed Internet Conference” on May 17 in McCall, Idaho. The Friday event is being co-sponsored by the West Central Mountains Economic Development Council and Next Century Cities.

ROCKPORT, Maine, September 3, 2018 – The Maine State Chamber of Commerce teams up with the Telecommunications Association of Maine to host a roundtable discussion on how to overcome difficulties in funding rural broadband. Featured guests include Dana Connors, president of the Maine Chamber of Comme

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: A concerning new development from Maine. Thanks to the Institute for Local Self-Reliance for raising this issue through this alert. || Bill Introduced in Maine Legislature to Limit Local Authority over Broadband Investment, from Community Broadband Networks: Maine State

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WASHINGTON, November 16, 2010 – Small businesses want choice and competition in the broadband service market, according to a new government report, but unfortunately they aren’t getting either.

WASHINGTON, January 13, 2010 – The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration on Tuesday announced that it has awarded grants to fund broadband mapping and planning activities in Connecticut, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahom

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WASHINGTON, December 31, 2009 – The legislative backlash against projects that have been awarded federal stimulus funding has begun, as two bills were introduced in the Maine legislature to de-fund a $25.4 million University of Maine broadband project.

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2009 – The federal government’s Commerce Department is at least one month off from finalizing the rules that will govern the broadband stimulus funds. But that isn’t stopping an array of states from getting started on a variety of broadband data projects.

WASHINGTON, September 22 – BroadbandCensus.com unveiled a new web site — BroadbandCensus.com/conference [http://broadbandcensus.com/conference] — for the “Broadband Census for America” Conference on Friday, September 26, 2008. Additionally, as part of its participation in One Web Day, BroadbandCens