Southern states accounted for 26 of the nation’s AI clusters.

The Council adopted a multi-year Open Access program to deliver county-wide high-speed connectivity.

Establishing Best Practices for U.S. State Broadband Program Accountability

Virginia Supreme Court ruled that private, for-profit providers may not use advantageous broadband law, that would constitute a takings

Through device access and digital skills training, Tech for Troops equips veterans with tools to rebuild their lives after service.

In the House, Spanberger acted to direct the federal government to ensure that broadband networks were built to meet modern upload and download standards.

Fiber cuts and related acts can paralyze critical operations, creating cascading disruptions that may affect millions of citizens simultaneously.

To protect economic and public safety interests, regulators, legislators, law enforcement, municipalities, and communications providers must work together.

Minnesota revealed that costs per passing above $10,000 required written justification.

Delays from a railroad-crossing permit and added projects have pushed the timeline back to June 2026.

Both Democratic and Republican state lawmakers have rallied behind Virginia’s broadband office.

Pennsylvania revised its draft results to award slightly more locations to SpaceX and Kuiper.

An analysis of the security threats facing Ashburn’s data centers

The state's high court already said private, for-profit ISPs couldn't invoke the law.

Arkansas’s $3,889 per-location average compares to Louisiana’s revised average of about $3,900 per location in that state’s draft plan.

That's the highest among states that have posted drafts of their final spending plans.

The satellite broadband provider said the same of Virginia's spending plan.

The company said it should have won more locations in the state.

About 10 percent of the state's eligible locations would be served by satellite under its plan.

Dispute at FCC over spectrum interference continues.

The case will be sent back to U.S. District Court in Virginia.

ISP still subject to financial penalties in the Cornhusker State

Tech giant paid $14 million and will invest an additional $4 million in community projects

Glo Fiber plans to deliver high-speed internet in Blacksburg, Virginia

Calls RWA allegations ‘baseless and unsupported.'

90-day shot clock ticks while state waits on Washington.

The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled last month that private, for-profit ISPs could not invoke the law.

‘It feels like the rug is being pulled out from under us.’

The regional commission aims to better serve its rural communities.

The state is urging the Fourth Circuit not to strike down the law.

There are a variety of technologies to consider for environments where fiber isn't a viable option

The university’s historic Grounds get wireless upgrade with the help of shared spectrum.

APB CEO says Culpeper County pulled the plug on crews in the trenches.

Virginia is known as the 'Data Center Capital of the World.'

In an interview with Cardinal News, Feinman talked about how BEAD helped Virginia, and why he’s worried about its future growth.

A convergence of interest between the energy-hungry needs of major Internet players and the Trump administration's 'energy dominance'

In Europe, environmental standards 'are not a hope, not a wish, not a best effort—it's a regulatory mandate.'

Experts gather next Thursday to explore AI infrastructure challenges at the intersection of data centers, nuclear power, and broadband.

Virginia reports 91% end-to-end fiber proposals received in first funding round.

This event previewed the upcoming in-person 'Data Centers, Nuclear Power, and Broadband Summit' conference on March 27

Created $4 million annual increase in housing value from 2015-2019

Ziply Fiber also saw operations suspended in Sammamish, Wash.

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

States are beginning to get spending plans together for the $42.5 billion broadband expansion effort.

RiverStreet aims to sidestep RDOF penalties after Cox deployment overlaps in Virginia.

State broadband official expects only incremental changes under the new administration.

The company said it's having trouble reaching the defaulting provider.

ReConnect Program funding will flow to ten states.

Speed data showed that performance was far from equal across the board.

Foreign adversaries will not be able to alter U.S. election results, said Jen Easterly, director of cybersecurity agency.

Officials said that community outreach is essential to digital equity

Fourteen states and the largest prison telecom provider have escalated their legal fight against the FCC.

The company will be subject to federal non-compliance measures.

The FCC said the deal will not remove competition from the market

Data centers are driving power demands but few seem to want data centers near them.

Two federal efforts aimed at protecting children online have stalled as Congress went on a six-week recess without a vote.

The Fourth Circuit threw out a $1 billion penalty against the ISP, but upheld a verdict that found the company liable.

The awards will leverage more than $75 million in additional investment from local governments and ISPs.

RiverStreet handed about 3,700 Virginia locations over to EMPOWER Broadband.

The state ultimately did set a price cap for low-cost plans. But at $75, it's higher than rates seen in other states.

The agency allocated over $1.4 billion to Virginia and $675 million to New Mexico.

EMPOWER would be on the hook for a letter of credit equal to six years of subsidy support without a waiver.

Committee Republicans have taken issue with the program's affordability requirements.

‘I think it will take multiple types of solutions to close the digital divide,’ state broadband director says

T-Mobile and EQT are planning to run the network on an open access basis, with T-Mobile an early tenant.

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

A GOP Senator from Missouri says NTIA is pushing BEAD rate regulation on states while denying that to Congress

The NTIA head defended its policy of ensuring a low-cost option.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said there will be more approvals handed down in the coming weeks.

T-Mobile continues to outpace Verizon and AT&T in the home broadband sector with the planned acquisition of established fiber operator, Lumos.

The state increased its low-cost option from the draft circulated in September.

The author argues that Virginia’s firm stand on BEAD funding serves as a beacon for the states.

Their Republican counterparts and conservative groups have opposed the agency's low-cost policies.

Encapsulating the most important broadband happenings of the past week and considering what's next.

Four other states are accepting challenges and three more are planning to begin the process soon.

More than 20 think tanks asked Republican lawmakers to push the NTIA to approve lighter touch state plans.

The experts expressed doubts about addressing workforce shortages that could potentially stall BEAD build-outs.

The state wants to avoid setting out a price or formula for what BEAD-funded providers can charge low-income households.

The proposals detail plans for the $42.5 billion broadband expansion program.

Comments are due to Oregon’s broadband office on December 10, and to the University of Hawaii by December 9.

It is the second state to start ground-truthing broadband data as part of the $42.5 billion program under IIJA.

Right-of-way disputes regularly hold up deployments, providers said.

The new guidelines specify that only subscribers of 100 * 20 Mbps service will have speed tests accepted.

Feinman is also architect of the BEAD matching funds program: He will keynote BEAD Implementation Summit on September 21.

Outlines subgrant processes and application scoring criteria.

Dr. Tamarah Holmes, Director of the Office of Broadband for the Commonwealth of Virginia, on program.

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

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