Ohio Democrat Landsman co-authored bills on data center costs, data center secrecy, and broadband infrastructure permitting

It's part of the U.S. race to expand domestic semiconductor manufacturing

A Santa Clara County task force and dozens of partner agencies recovered 73 trafficking victims from February's Super Bowl

The company’s third quarter broadband losses improved year-over-year, and CEO Ron Duncan said he wasn’t worried about competition from SpaceX

Advocacy groups had urged the state not to accept $1.4 billion in broadband funding, fearing state regulations would be preempted

The backlash is about the concentration of power, not AI itself, panelists said on Broadband Breakfast Live Online

The search giant has been facing pushback since it announced in August that it had turned on Gemini for K-12 students

The state said it still wanted to enforce its net neutrality and carrier of last resort rules

Comcast's workforce overhaul comes as the company shifts its business priorities

The action came after a federal judge rejected Kalshi’s effort to prevent Utah from enforcing its anti-gambling laws.

AT&T asked for the move earlier this year

Europe’s post offices ran their satellite links. Washington chartered an investor-owned company

New York and California are leading efforts to regulate AI, with California recently passing similar laws

The agency also alleged a Lifeline provider fraudulently enrolled deceased subscribers

The event, on Dec. 1 at the National Press Club, links the issues of AI risk, digital infrastructure, energy use and federal preemption

Even AT&T’s 769,000 internet additions didn’t help, as investors are weighing satellite expansion against carriers’ pricing and bundling advantages

The proposal would give correctional officials another tool to stop inmates from using smuggled phones to coordinate crimes

Correctional officials want the FCC to approve prison cellphone jamming by year’s end

The deal is expected to support more reliable connectivity and expand broadband capacity across Alaska.

Consumer advocates say a federal grant requirement could limit California’s oversight of broadband providers

Broadband permitting bill sponsor joins Dec. 1 conference on AI risk, infrastructure, data center power and federal preemption.

Access to lower-priced plans helped explain why the rankings differed

JobsFirst Accelerator and Verizon BEAD program are aiming to connect more than 2,000 Delaware homes

NYSPSC claims the FCC has no jurisdiction to allow AT&T to discontinue landlines in New York

Amazon and X-energy aim to contribute more than 5 gigawatts to the U.S. grid.

Authors of the BroadbandNow and Ookla reports join Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday

AT&T cites rising copper theft and longer repair times for moving customers to newer technologies

Cal Advocates proposes several recommendations, notably aiming to prevent AI answering agents

The state says Frontier failed to adequately protect exposed customer data

The Communications Act of 1934 recognized two kinds of regulated companies, broadcasters and common carriers. Cable fit in neither.

The eight states are Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska and West Virginia

It wasn’t legislation that limited American television to three national networks – it was the FCC

Alaska’s remote businesses will soon have another option for staying connected

If Republicans suffer heavy losses, it could push the party toward tougher AI legislation, panelists said

This webinar will examine what an effective, sustainable anti-trafficking ecosystem requires.

Brightspeed will deliver fiber service to more than 13,700 homes and businesses across 25 counties

The agency cited advocacy from Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, who’s in a tight race for reelection

Some do not want to the ban to be so broad that it excludes vital facilities

TP-Link accounts for a significant portion of the U.S. consumer router market

A pause in new television licenses, ordered by the Federal Communications Commission in 1948 and meant to last six months, ran nearly four years.

Nearly nine in 10 American farms lacked electricity in 1930. In response, Washington financed an unusual kind of utility: Cooperatives owned by the rural customers they served.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Rural Electrification Administration by executive order on May 11, 1935. Congress made the agency permanent in 1936

The funds come from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Republicans passed in July 2025

The agency is waiting for new broadband coverage data from the FCC

Experts revisited AT&T’s 1984 breakup and the 1996 Act for lessons on regulating technology platforms.

The FCC's expanding 'Covered List' now requires companies to seek government approval, reversing innovation

Construction could begin this fall, with all BEAD-funded buildouts expected to finish by 2030.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but who’s the father of competition?

For 38 years, the FCC required competing views on controversial issues across broadcast programming.

Tribal communities are combining fiber, shared networks and adoption support to create internet services they can govern and sustain.

A report from a federal agency told American broadcasters in 1949 to cover controversial public issues and to carry opposing views, and no Congress ever voted that rule into law.

A Colorado ISP also disputed the state’s claim that it misused grant funds

The Senate Democrats are reviving a proposal for a new federal regulator

The carrier says less restrictive FCC rules preempt the state’s regulations

BEAD’s next phase will depend on workable contracts, timely permitting and consumer-focused accountability as broadband projects move toward construction.

Newton Minow, Kennedy’s FCC chairman, warned in 1961 that broadcasters risked losing their licenses if they neglected educational and other public-service programming.

The state is rebidding the 10,000 affected locations

Event will begin at 12 Noon ET, and include two virtual panels, on innovation and competition.

The commercial stations' own industry sat on the committee that proposed 'public interest' as the test for federal licensing, at a 1925 conference.

The Maine Public Utilities Commission chair is also stepping down

Advocates in the state are wary of strings attached to accepting federal broadband funds

Maryland-based Bloosurf told the FCC it had seen 2.5 GHz interference since 2020.

At the AI Infra Summit, experts said the future of data centers hinges less on AI itself and more on securing electricity and community trust.

The system worked while radio was dominated by ships and point-to-point communication. Mass broadcasting in the 1920s exposed what Congress had left unresolved.

Waterloo officials approved a 90-day moratorium on new data centers.

Starlink is narrowing a long-standing performance gap with terrestrial broadband.

Join SmartWAVE Technologies and Juganu for an engaging conversation about how smart street lighting can become the foundation for a more connected, intelligent, and resilient city.

Panelists said small businesses need affordable, reliable service and the skills to use it, not just a connection.

The Titanic sank in April 1912, Congress required a federal license to transmit four months later, and the Navy seized or shut every private radio station in the country when the country entered the war in 1917.

One of the laws will penalize large social media companies that are found negligent in harming children. Another would ban tech businesses from offering addictive feeds to anyone under 16.

The agreement reflects the continued push among fiber providers to build scale and expand into new markets

Britain held its network 114 years. America's experiment lasted twelve months, ending August 1919.

The idea would represent a significant shift in how policymakers approach the nation’s broadband market.

This lesson asks the comparative question of why the American telephone monopoly stayed in private hands, when most of the world ran its telephones through a government post office.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Hall described the policy as the most expansive prohibition in the country.

Illinois was the final state approved under the federal government’s landmark broadband program. Michigan, Hawaii, Virginia and California are among many states now building.

NTIA said it would outline other allowable uses in a future update

Panelists say the evaluation gap, not geopolitics, is the binding constraint on global AI rules

The measure comes amid growing scrutiny of how California regulates utilities and protects consumers

In the illustration, J.P. Morgan is depicted as an Octopus trainer, AT&T President Theodore Vail says 'perfectly abhorrent,' and the dog, representing independent companies, says 'I'm next.'

GCI has expanded 5G service to nine more Southeast Alaska communities, boosting mobile connectivity across the region.

Some personal reflections on the value of looking back over 250 Years of American Independence, and our broadband heritage

The USDA spent $34.91 million on fiber to reach 28 customers in two remote Alaska villages, topping $2 million per passing, the author says

The field's toughest challenges have moved past connectivity to teacher preparation, human presence and the arrival of AI in the classroom.

T-Mobile posted the fastest fixed wireless speeds of the three national carriers

Trusty pointed to lessons from recent trips across the country as she considers the FCC’s approach to rural connectivity.

UPDATED: The company’s efforts come amid a broader focus on keeping communities connected during crises.

Bell had 3,000 telephones around Boston, and a patent. Western Union had $40M and every U.S. state. The patent won.

It was the last state awaiting NTIA clearance

The agreement with the California Department of Technology will use the state's middle-mile to connect Golden State Fiber to rural communities.

The CPUC approved funds for 10 broadband adoption projects, including digital literacy programs expected to train more than 2,600.

Broadband Breakfast CEO previews the 35-lesson course tracing American telecom from Bell's patent to AI. The course launches Monday

Lumen said it was laying middle mile fiber next to strands reserved by hyperscalers

In fiscal year 2024, the program spent 62 percent of funding on broadband subscriptions and 35 percent on networking gear

The trial set to begin Tuesday in federal court in Oakland, California.

The agency adopted settlement agreements between the companies and consumer advocates with few additional conditions

A partnership with an AI compute tenant is providing the cash to build more rural IXPs

One engineer suggested outside consultants to support local permitting agencies

BEAD delays left Mountain Connect panelists weary, while AI pushes compute toward an edge rural economics struggle to reach.

Fiber cuts are disrupting internet, emergency services and other critical communications