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

NTIA has approved every state and territory plan for implementing the $42.5 billion program.

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

He pointed to FCC's implementation of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund under Trump as as a cautionary example.

Cruz sees electoral politics behind effort to kill his popular bill

'We’re deeply sorry and we are determined to prevent this from ever happening again,' CrowdStrike official told Congress.

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.

The new legislation aims to increase coordination between 130 federal broadband programs and 15 different agencies.

Alpine residents face a future without cable TV as the city’s only traditional pay-TV provider is pulling the plug.

The company will deploy 10 Gbps fiber speeds to almost 220 schools.

The state is looking for information on how BEAD predefined project areas should be implemented.

Applications from WISPs would help inform extremely high-cost thresholds, they said.

The investment comes from a $3.5 million federal grant administered by the broadband office with ARPA funds.

To reduce conflicts between utilities and Internet access providers, new rules will be implemented for pole attachments.

The company will invest in new silicon wafer manufacturing.

The second round of funding is supported by money from the American Rescue Plan Act.

The ISP can now provide high-speed internet access to 6,684 Texans.

Missouri and Texas providers are the latest to default on RDOF locations

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

'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,'

California remains the nation's largest state by far. Yet Texas is mounting a very strong second, and with a growth rate is more than two-and-a-half times that of the Golden State.

At issue now is whether the FCC has left the door open for states to require them to contribute to state USF programs.

The new venture is expected to produce more than 21,000 new jobs.

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

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

Digital navigators spoke about their work at the Connect20 Summit in Washington.

Cost of doing business is driving companies into markets with favorable tax rates and fewer regulations. Here’s how they’re prioritizing.

Observers on a Broadband Breakfast panel offered differing perspectives on the high court’s decision.

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

The FCC on Thursday revoked the operating authorization of China Unicom, in latest effort to weed out national security threats.

Will Hurd and Member of Parliament Damien Collins say disinformation on social media platforms a worry in midterm elections.

Broadband Breakfast revisits what some state legislatures did to narrow broadband gaps.

Experts suggest states and municipalities should have more leeway with federal broadband funds.

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Gene Crick, a longtime broadband evangelist, died of a heart attack at home in Bastrop, Texas, on August 15. Gene spent more than four decades advocating for broadband in the United States and around the world. He set up the first free public internet facilities in Texas, designed grant programs for

Currently, 1.45 million residents of rural Texas lack high-speed internet connections, but a program launched on Wednesday by Connected Texas, a subsidiary of the national nonprofit Connected Nation, will attempt to change that. Connected Texas is taking a three-step approach over the next two years

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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.