
Rural
Senate Confirms Brooke Rollins to Lead USDA
Was approved in a 72-28 vote Thursday; approach to rural broadband issues was not prominently discussed in hearings.
Rural
Was approved in a 72-28 vote Thursday; approach to rural broadband issues was not prominently discussed in hearings.
Congress
Bill mandates a national broadband strategy but explicitly bars new regulatory authority over internet service providers.
Funding
Recipients last year included NEK Community Broadband, Lewis County PUD, and Pulse Broadband.
Funding
Omits measures on NTIA coordination, deepfakes, and FCC transparency.
NTIA
‘To make America great again, you need ubiquitous, high-speed broadband.’
NTCA
ReConnect Program funding will flow to ten states.
Advanced Energy
Broadband experts cautioned against alternative technologies under BEAD.
IRA
The Biden administration's broadband initiatives were described as crucial for saving rural hospitals.
FCC
The report includes spending data from 12 agencies across 70 programs as mandated by Congress.
usda
The agreement was signed in May and creates uniform formats across agencies for broadband grant programs.
Texas
The ISP can now provide high-speed internet access to 6,684 Texans.
What's New
I saw the logic of the way Arkansas organized its broadband event into a series on panels on ‘infrastructure’ and ‘non-deployment’.
iija
The money will help communities build technical assistance and training to improve broadband adoption in rural America.
usda
SIC did not go forward with plans to shut off wireline phone and Internet service at 12:01 a.m. on June 1.
BBC
The critical need for broadband deployment in rural America is emphasized by the loss of 557,000 farms sinc, RUS chief says.
FCC
The NTIA aims to influence the use of alternative technologies to fiber optics and streamline permitting processes with new guidelines.