State grows anxious over ISPs' progress.

President Trump is wielding emergency authority to entice utilities to keep older coal-fired plants online and producing electricity.

BEAD bids are rolling in across Utah, Rhode Island, New York, Nebraska, and Alabama.

Only handful of governors discuss broadband in 2025 opening remarks

Without broadband, smaller towns lose talent, businesses struggle, and economic potential is left untapped.

Company hopes to use $188 million in middle mile broadband grants to connect unserved Alabama households.

Says network outages, even for a few hours, are incredibly disruptive to modern economy.

The grant helps fund 2,347 miles of new fiber deployment, bringing broadband availability to more than 15,000 locations.

Point Broadband plans to upgrade RU’s network within a few months.

State officials say FCC lacks legal authority to require unlocking.

What was once largely a public-sector initiative is now attracting billions in private investment capital.

Big telecom carriers are racing to expand their fiber footprints.

The company will also be required to create a compliance plan.

The money comes from the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund.

The combined $3.41 million will target underserved areas of the state.

The new initiative will enhance broadband access for rural Alabama

Two companies have combined forces to bring high quality internet to the South.

The state had considered asking for a waiver to open up RDOF areas to BEAD funds.

Altice USA joins the growing list of near 100 companies that have failed to fulfill commitments made under RDOF.

The $150 million will be used to create the state’s Capital Projects Fund grants program.

Alabama announces initiative to expand middle mile broadband for rural areas.

The company needs to be designed as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier to promote the Lifeline option, it said.

The state is asking for a waiver to open up RDOF areas to BEAD applications.

Two Republicans nominees for the FTC have been pushed through by a subcommittee.

Experts said the waiver will make it more practical for BEAD projects to comply with Buy America rules.

Tool assesses the resilience of broadband infrastructures in case of natural hazards.

Nokia will continue to invest in American manufacturing in the coming years, said CEO.

Texas is the highest awarded state, as 19 states set to receive more than $1 billion from BEAD.

Commerce Department’s new proposal would limit CHIPS Act recipients from investing in other countries

AT&T suggested the FCC look into relieving USF by considering other public funding in ACAM areas.

The FCC said that MV Realty used the PhoneBurner dialing platform, and ordered Twilio to disconnect the companies.

The NTIA approved eight more planning grants Monday.

Alabama, Colorado, New Mexico, New York, Kansas and Pennsylvania had broadband-related measures on the ballot.

Two states will allow midterm voters to chime in on state funds for broadband deployment.

ISP is rebutting claims of the Associated Press and The Markup story on internet deals in non-white neighborhoods

Two information technology industry groups are trying to stall implementation of Texas’ social media law.

The authorization comes three weeks after the commission denied funding to Starlink and LTD Broadband.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration announces news on its ‘Internet for All’ web portal for three IIJA programs.

BroadbandNow’s latest state research gives users a clearer picture on where each state stands on broadband.

To work toward equal access, more affordable options must be created, including community-based solutions.

Ivey announces $17 million to deploy broadband, Microsoft data for broadband map, and “Robin Hood” group involved in pipeline attack.

February 16, 2021 – Federal Communications Commissioner Geoffrey Starks said the $3.2 billion Emergency Broadband Benefit program is currently a top priority for the regulatory agency. The FCC has 60 days to determine how best to allocate the money from the program intended to reach “more disconnect

Remote work and learning during the pandemic compelled some lawmakers to get creative in expanding broadband availability. In Delaware and Alabama, state officials earmarked parts of their CARES Act funding to create broadband vouchers—monthly service rebates—for households with school-age children.

The Federal Trade Commission’s two Democrats laid out a plan to increase the institution’s data security and privacy enforcement in response to an objection to a recent non-monetary settlement with Zoom. Earlier this month, Zoom revealed a new agreement in an effort to settle claims that it misled u

There has been a huge amount of hype in the United States about being in a race with the Chinese over the deployment of 5G. But after seeing a recent South Korean news article, from the ChosunILBO, concluding that the Chinese 5G experiment might end up an economic bust, Doug Dawson, in a blog post [

October 20, 2020 – There are many viable options for deploying fiber that should be explored, stressed John Burchett, head of public policy and community affairs at Google Fiber, as part of Fiber Broadband Association’s “Connecting Consumers” event series on Wednesday. After four years of pausing on

October 12, 2020 — How should one go about building a gigabit city? Act quickly, be strategic and work in partnership with the private sector. That was the conclusion of panelists speaking about a fiber internet build in Springfield, Missouri, included as part of the Broadband Communities Virtual Su

During this pandemic, broadband networks across the world have been put to the ultimate stress test, expected to support an overnight transition to work-from-home for most businesses, multiple video users from households for two income knowledge worker families plus distance learning sessions for ch

April 29, 2020— Members of the Federal Communication Commission’s working group on digital empowerment and inclusion highlighted the role that libraries can play in closing the so-called “homework gap” on a webinar hosted by the agency on Tuesday. The homework gap, a term often used by fiery FCC Com

April 10, 2020 – Participants in a Brookings Institution meeting on Zoom expressed interest in an off-hand comment FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel made about deploying Wi-Fi-enabled buses to provide hot-spots for rural students. Nicol Turner Lee, a fellow at Brookings’ Center for Technology Inn

March 23, 2020 – Public Knowledge Senior Vice President Harold Feld takes issue with the Federal Communications Commission’s Keep Americans Connected Pledge—it does not help Americans who do not have broadband and 60 days of no late fees might not be long enough. Feld argues that broadband access is

WASHINGTON, February 26, 2020 – Depending on who you asked in the Dirksen Senate Building, America is either “in very good shape” or has “a big catch-up to do” in the so-called 5G race against China. Speaking at an event hosted by the American Consumer Institute, speakers also had different thoughts

The Universal Service Fund should be subject to a budget cap, argued Technology Policy Institute Senior Fellows Sarah Oh and Scott Wallsten in a filing to the Federal Communications Commission. “A budget cap will create incentives for the entire USF community to assess the program, experiment with n

WASHINGTON, June 16, 2014 – In the midst of Netflix’s quarrels with Verizon Communications, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said in a statement Friday that the commission will investigate slowdowns in traffic to ascertain whether there’s harm to consumers. “To be clear, what w

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WASHINGTON August 11, 2010- The Alabama town of Opelika has decided to set up its own cable television and internet network.

WASHINGTON August 5, 2010- Wednesday’s announcement by the Department of Agriculture included 44 DSL projects, of which 39 were given to a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems (TDS).

WASHINGTON, April 27, 2010 – The Commerce Department has announced nine broadband investments totaling more than $114 million in grants, in more than a dozen states. The announcement marks the final grant awards from the first round of BTOP applications.

WASHINGTON, January 26, 2010 – The Agriculture Department’s Rural Utilities Service is doling out $310 million in broadband stimulus funds, department Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday. The monies will be spread throughout 14 projects seeking to bring speedy Internet connections to rural commu

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WASHINGTON, November 9, 2009 – On Friday, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced seven new state recipients of the State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program. These grants fund state efforts to map broadband availability and speeds. Each state was asked to p

October 16, 2009 – The states of Alabama, Arizona and Missouri released their lists of recommendations for broadband stimulus grants to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on Friday, October 16, and they each took very different approaches to the selection process.

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2009 – The BroadbandCensus.com List of NTIA Comments [http://broadbandcensus.com/2009/04/the-broadbandcensuscom-list-of-ntia-comments/] has been updated to include summaries of additional comments filed with the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Ad

WASHINGTON, February 18, 2009 – Art Brodsky, communications director at Public Knowledge, has just posted a second piece about Connected Nation. For more than a year, BroadbandCensus.com has been presenting an alternative to the proprietary-information model of Connected Nation.

WASHINGTON, July 10 – The lack of a cohesive national broadband policy in the United States is hampering the nation’s ability to deploy high-speed broadband, attorney James Baller said Thursday at the Alliance for Community Media conference here.