ReConnect rural broadband grant program appears to be saved
News The Reconnect grant program for rural broadband has had its funding for FY 2027 restored as...
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Louisiana makes connectivity gains in rural Acadia Parish
News Acadia Parish is steadily closing the digital divide as Louisiana pushes forward with...
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Brightspeed is two-thirds done with their Alabama fiber build
News More than two-thirds of Brightspeed’s fiber network in Alabama is built, the company...
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Mediacom’s network construction ahead of schedule in Minnesota
News Connectivity has been extended to nearly 4,000 locations in rural Minnesota as part of a...
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Brightspeed reaches over 100,000 locations with fiber in Arkansas
News Over 100,000 homes and businesses across Arkansas now have access to Brightspeed’s...
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USDA seeks to cut ReConnect rural broadband grant program
News The Reconnect broadband grant program administered by the USDA has become the subject of new...
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Bandwidth Hawk: Why SpaceX will not be a trillion-dollar competitor
Bandwidth Hawk Elon Musk’s SpaceX is starting a round of no-disclosure analysts’ meetings,...
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Rural Louisiana community center to become local broadband hub
Communities St. Joseph, Louisiana has celebrated the opening of a renovated community center that...
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C Spire connects 14k homes, finishes CPF work in Mississsippi
News The work reached communities from Amite to Lincoln, with some of the projects targeting...
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Tarana says Starlink’s BEAD antics “pulled the rug out” from NTIA
Policy BEAD Next-generation FWA technology creator Tarana says Starlink has pulled the rug out...
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New Mexico calls for the release of their full BEAD allocation
News Officials in New Mexico’s broadband office have publicly called on federal officials to...
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Denied in DC? Broadband funds blocked for District of Columbia
News Washington D.C. has had their funding for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD)...
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New Mexico program to give low-income assistance for broadband
News A bill creating the Low-Income Telecommunications Assistance Program has been signed into law...
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Feds clear broadband spending plans for Alaska and Washington
News Alaska and Washington are the latest states to join the parade of states and territories to...
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Dept. of Energy loans to save ratepayers from data center costs
News A $26.5 billion loan package will deliver billions of dollars in savings to Georgia and...
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Uncertainty and concern mounts for BEAD providers in Minnesota
Podcasts Bree Maki, Minnesota’s broadband director, says new requirements from the NTIA have...
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Lutnick testifies his intent to “hew exactly” to BEAD statute
News Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick clarified he intends to “hew exactly to the...
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Only 6 final approvals are waiting to be green lit for BEAD
News The NTIA has reached a new milestone with the announced approval of 50 final BEAD proposals,...
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Is a BEAD conflict brewing between NTIA and Starlink?
News Starlink, a subsidiary of SpaceX, is trying to change the government’s broadband...
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FCC changes to Lifeline could raise costs, says Gomez
News Proposed changes to the Lifeline program at the FCC could lead to eligible households losing...
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