
Rural
NRECA Discusses Policies, Funding Needed For Rural Broadband
With the Trump Administration planning to cut ReConnect, rural broadband cooperatives are scrambling
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association has increasingly played an important role in broadband in rural areas.
Rural
With the Trump Administration planning to cut ReConnect, rural broadband cooperatives are scrambling
BEAD
Federal lawmakers, local ISPs that participated in the program, and other have been trying to keep political pressure on Commerce.
Broadband Mapping and Data
States, ISPs still struggling to challenge its accuracy
Arkansas
The Arkansas State Broadband Office continues to leverage American Rescue Plan Act funds to drive affordable fiber in the Natural State.
Election 2024
NRECA, WISPA, and others reveal priorities for Trump’s second term.
Section 706
Raising the benchmark could have unintended consequences for the BEAD program
Broadband Mapping and Data
Ookla, rural advocates push for 'real-world' speed test data.
Broadband Mapping and Data
Stakeholders pushed for better data and stricter standards.
Broadband Mapping and Data
NRECA pushing for consumer-driven speed tests to improve FCC broadband data.
California
The investment in the cooperative could be a game-changer for rural connectivity in the Golden State.
OTI
The proposal to put FirstNet in charge of the band called for blocking non-public safety users.
NTCA
Allowing providers to submit advertised speeds results in overstated coverage, groups said.
BEAD
The BEAD program allows providers to use funds to deploy workforce development strategies.
Expert Opinion
The sheer magnitude of the overstatements in the FCC’s map makes the challenge process untenable.
NTCA
Fiber networks have a unique capacity to keep broadband prices low for low-income communities, proponents say.
NRECA
February 18, 2021— Electrical cooperatives that own their own fiber are filling in the broadband gaps that telecoms have left, said panelists at a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event on Wednesday. The locally-owned businesses that have traditionally only provided electricity are now owning their o