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.

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

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.

What's working, where momentum is building, and how federal agencies, ISPs, and industry partners can strengthen support for tribal initiatives.

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

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

Once envisioned at $95 million, the buildout will now reach the same locations for a third that cost.

Equipment costs are rising as projects get underway

Republicans were unable to move their bill forward. The measure will determine the future of the USDA’s ReConnect Broadband program.

Still, developers are finding ways to move ahead outside local jurisdiction.

The state’s telecom regulator is set to vote on the $34.5 billion deal this week at its Aug. 13 meeting

AB 2279 would restore the original scope of California's Regional Broadband Consortia and boost their funding using existing CPUC fee surpluses.

O'Connor charts Alaska's shift from village pay phones to fiber and telehealth, crediting universal service and the Alaska Plan while noting BEAD's work is unfinished.

New facility will anchor the Tribe’s fiber network as it expands into underserved communities in Northern California.

Rural broadband is now table stakes for economic development, panelists said on a Broadband Breakfast Live Online panel.

Researchers at national nonprofit Connected Nation contend that policymakers are still focused on broadband speeds while underinvesting in the middle-mile and interconnection infrastructure that will determine future AI performance.

The state program will offer eligible households discounts toward broadband service beginning Dec. 1.

Panelists warned that anti-fraud tools can't keep pace with scammers exploiting cheap internet calling and AI.

Providers say state pole attachment regimes are not created equal as FCC weighs oversight changes.

Where design meets reality, straight from the experts who live it every day!

The Fire Chief of the island of Maui, which experience deadly wildfires in August 2023, recounts what actually happened

AT&T wants the agency to grant preemption and allow it to discontinue copper service in the state

The city enacted a resolution prohibiting the placement of new cell equipment closer than 300 feet of residential property lines.

Four state broadband directors, still awaiting federal guidance on billions in remaining BEAD funds, speak at Broadband Breakfast Live Online event.

With the industry facing fierce competition, engaging a turnkey supply chain solutions and deployment partner is a more efficient and lower risk path.

GOP candidate for governor aims to improve efficiency and relocate centers from populated areas.

The bill would ban deceptive AI personas and allow parental supervision of AI.

The state’s LEO locations decreased by nearly half compared to its draft plan. Fiber and fixed wireless didn’t significantly change.

The fear the precedent would make it harder for Congress to eliminate agency rules it doesn’t like

More than 18,000 incidents nationwide, affecting over 11.8 million customers.

With service providers hyper-focused on meeting the deployment goals set forth by federal and state initiatives, now might be the time to rethink your supply chain management process.

A CPUC commissioner filed an alternative decision that would still approve the deal, but impose fewer conditions

Steve Hilton, endorsed by President Trump, urges the FCC to let state regulators preserve AT&T’s voice services for rural Californians.

The Commission will discuss potential obstacles and solutions with industry professionals on July 15 and 16.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) hiked the state’s Universal Service Fund tax to help fund the grants.

The agency is still considering whether to preempt the state’s own rules and allow the discontinuance to move forward

Small monthly fee that funds broadband and phone assistance programs will rise 15 cents per line.

The company has a total of 396 satellites deployed, with hundreds of satellites ready to launch.

The longtime attorney general won on his strong opposition to President Trump’s policies

Panelists at BroadbandLive event including the ‘father of the Internet,’ the author of the maxim that ‘Code is Law’ and a pivotal FCC chairman

She also gave updates on California and Illinois’s BEAD plans

The center, located in remote Alaska, will span a square mile, slightly smaller than Central Park in New York City.

The company is asking the commission to reject the CPUC’s rules.

Panelists discussed how to assuage community pushback with ‘common sense’

The law will require data centers to cover full energy costs and give communities more control over data center development.

The portal discloses how $1.3 billion in federal funding is being used throughout the state.

A new bipartisan nonprofit – RAISE US – is starting with more than $500 million for education and training programs at the state level.

The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2026.

Media scholars argued that politics, not technology, shaped American broadcasting from 1927 on, repeatedly shielding incumbents from competition.

The state had urged the agency not to preempt state regulations during the rulemaking process

The cable companies say the terms they’ve agreed to match the Verizon-Frontier merger the state approved earlier this year

The order distinguished Wisper’s request from other program defaults.