Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 28, 2025

It’s not in Minnesota – but it still looks good for folks who are involved, or wanting to get involved in public broadband, or what I might call community networks… RSVP HERE Community First: The Future of Public Broadband Conference and Hill Day May 1415 | Washington, D.C. Not an AAPB member? Join today.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 24, 2025

His parent company, Southern Company, currently has 50,000 megawatts in its connection queue, with about 10,000 megawatts of "legit load" expected in the next five years. years, rural connections spanning hundreds of miles can now take 3 to 5 years to complete. " This shift has extended project timelines dramatically.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 4, 2025

billion mostly used to bolster the finances of rural-based broadband providers. Some of this spending was attributed to an increase in Lifeline program spending following the demise of the Affordable Connectivity Program on May 31, 2024.  billion supporting rural broadband ISPs, $2.6 WASHINGTON, Apr.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 10, 2024

News The move is the largest direct foreign investment in Ukraine since the war began This week, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have confirmed they will jointly invest $435 million into Ukraine’s newest converged telco.

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Total Telecom

MAY 13, 2025

A former Chair of Cambridge Tech Week, Chris has also chaired the Wireless Broadband Alliance and served as CEO of BT Openzone. Within CW, he has been a valued member of the Board, leading the Finance & Audit Committee and playing a central role in the successful delivery of CWs flagship events.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 14, 2024

August 14, 2024 – Internet Service Provider Brightspeed announced that it secured a multi-billion dollar financing deal that will reinforce its ability to successfully build out a fiber build plan.   Through the financing transaction, Brightspeed receives approximately $3.7

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 14, 2024

August 14, 2024 – Internet Service Provider Brightspeed announced that it secured a multi-billion dollar financing deal that will reinforce its ability to successfully build out a fiber build plan.   Through the financing transaction, Brightspeed receives approximately $3.7

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Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 24, 2025

The Arlington Enterprise journalist Mark Ollig reports on current Minnesota broadband legislation The 2024 OBD report reveals that 89,000 households in Minnesota do not have access to the 100/20 mbps broadband standard. 395 to revise the priorities of the border-to-border Broadband Grant Program.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

20, 2024 – A draft of an order up for consideration at the Federal Communications Commission’s December meeting would loosen some financing rules for its broadband subsidy programs. billion Connect America Phase II Auction. WASHINGTON, Nov. That’s the highest rating those agencies issue.

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Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 17, 2025

Today the MN Broadband Task Force met and heard from the Department of Labor and Industry about training and certification for broadband installers, a timely topic as the MN Legislature looks at amending rules that passed last session requiring training and certification for broadband installers. There is no fee required.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 16, 2025

Conexon Connect  has completed its first fiber to the home project in Florida, a 2,000-mile network launched in partnership with  Escambia River Electric Cooperative. ” Conexon’s Alexis Madison told ILSR that the EREC project will be financed with approximately $21.8 EREC, first founded in 1939, is no exception.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

21, 2024 – State support for satellite Internet service to connect the unserved continues to grow. New Mexico’s Office of Broadband Access and Expansion has requested that the state’s Legislative Finance Committee provide $70 million to expand high-speed internet access by way of satellite. WASHINGTON, Nov.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Tony Evers (D) seeking $750 million in state funding to supplement federal broadband dollars was removed during final stages from the state’s 2023-25 budget by Republican lawmakers on the Joint Finance Committee. Evers has expressed that he will continue to advocate for state broadband funding in the next budget cycle. 

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This was “primarily due to lower revenue, higher specific costs and higher net finance expenses,” the company explained. The company has reported 446,000 new active connections on this network, raising its total to 5.5 Reported profit before tax sits at £1 billion, down 10%. Openreach passed 2.1 million premises for FY25.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The high standards required to achieve medical-grade connectivity ensure successful healthcare outcomes and establish a gold standard that can be applied across other verticals for organizations needing mission-critical connectivity with the highest levels of reliability, security, and performance.

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VoIP Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In a leap towards boosting global connectivity, MetTel has become an Authorized Reseller for Starlink. An exciting development is MetTel’s integration of its SD-WAN broadband service with Starlink. The capability of connecting even remote or rugged sites, alongside maintaining continuity during disasters, adds immense value.

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Broadband Breakfast

MAY 23, 2025

The FCC’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on submarine cable licensing changes focuses on identifying potential weaknesses in existing infrastructure, licensing and financing operations.  This Expert Opinion is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast. Please send pieces to  commentary@breakfast.media.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2025 - Industry experts gathered Wednesday to assess the state of broadband connectivity in America, highlighting both significant progress and persistent challenges in closing the digital divide since the COVID-19 pandemic began. "We "In 2020, we had maybe 20 states with dedicated broadband offices. ."

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 21, 2024

USAC is a non-profit that manages the Universal Service Fund and other broadband subsidy programs for the FCC. ” ACA Connects, a trade group representing smaller providers, and Weiss said the FCC should simply move the Weiss threshold down to a C-, which would make most banks eligible. 

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 27, 2025

A world without broadband internet. Today, about 15% of New Mexico’s population does not have broadband internet, creating a serious, and perhaps, dangerous digital divide that prevents far too many from maximizing their success in the modern world. And connectivity will come fast. It’s tough to imagine.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program was poised to be a major force in closing the digital divide in the United States. billion allocated to expand broadband infrastructure in underserved regions, the initiative held great promise for connecting millions of Americans to high-speed internet.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

This bill is tangential to broadband but could relate directly to cable franchising, which does connect it to broadband. Minnesota House reports Nadeau, Norris and Carroll introduced: HF. 1740, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for community cable television programming.

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Looks like a great event… The American Association for Public Broadband (AAPB) and ILSRs Community Broadband Networks Initiative are teaming up to host a webinar later this month for local and community leaders interested or on the fence in pursuing municipal broadband solutions to local connectivity challenges.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 6, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 6, 2024 – Broadband providers and banking groups are continuing to ask that the Federal Communications Commission ditch the bank rating system it has relied on for its subsidy program’s financing requirements. That has typically involved putting up an equal amount of cash as collateral.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 17, 2025

reported a loss of 10,200 broadband customers in the fourth quarter of 2024, the company announced Friday, for a total of 470,400. could get an additional $175 million in financing under the loan agreement in October 2025. WASHINGTON, March 17, 2025 – WideOpenWest (WOW!) That’s down 19,700 year-over-year.

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VoIP Review

MARCH 27, 2025

million out of a targeted 70 million for its Series B financing round, the firm is strategically positioned with support from other noteworthy investors such as Global Portfolio Investments, which contributed 10 million, and a 5.2 The investment aligns with Sateliot’s ongoing efforts to solidify its market position.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 3, 2024

But what if, instead, it marks the beginning of an era where remote work possibilities and digitally-connected businesses pave the way for a rural resurgence? FarrPoint estimates that improved broadband internet connectivity could generate over $70 million in direct economic benefits for the county over the next 15 years.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 10, 2025

The Arkansas State Broadband Office –  ARConnect  – continues to leverage American Rescue Plan Act funds to drive affordable fiber access into underserved parts of the Natural State. Arkansas Get a snapshot view of broadband initiatives in Arkansas. Clay County Connect also saw $5.7

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Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Barbara Droher Kline, a consultant working with Le Sueur County to expand its rural broadband, said she spent three days at a seminar recently just learning about the regulatory requirements. That’s something Internet companies and those who would help finance projects aren’t willing to accept. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

WASHINGTON, September 19, 2024 - A group of companies in the business of open access broadband said Thursday that increased engagement with community leaders, to address local needs, is important to facilitating open-access networks. Meridiam Fiber specializes in the development, financing, and management of public infrastructure.

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VoIP Review

AUGUST 4, 2024

Cornwall-based broadband provider Wildanet has teamed up with Nokia to expedite the installation of gigabit-enabled full fibre network across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. This strategic collaboration, bolstered by international network infrastructure firm Xantaro, aims at enhancing digital connectivity in these often underserved regions.

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Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 15, 2025

OBDs Financial Assistance webpage also has recent updates from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program and a Notice of Funding (NOFO) published from the Community Connect Grant Program. More information on this and past meetings can be found on the Broadband Task Force webpage.

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Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 24, 2025

The National Conference of State Legislatures has a slick Broadband Policy Toolkit … This NCSL toolkit covers the state policy landscape and considerations to address broadband deployment, adoption and affordability, and provides a wide variety of resources for policymakers, including legislative tracking, issue briefs and podcasts.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 14, 2024

EMPOWER Broadband , a subsidiary of  Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative (MEC) is asking the Federal Communications Commission to waive financing requirements attached to the provider’s takeover of thousands of subsidized broadband locations from  RiverStreet Networks.

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Rural Broadband Association

MARCH 11, 2025

In 1947, she encouraged her husband Joe to pursue ownership of the Miltonvale Telephone Company, helped secure financing for the acquisition, and then managed the office, handled billing, recordkeeping, service orders and customer payments all by hand.

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VoIP Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Meanwhile, profit before tax dropped by 10% to £1 billion, influenced by increased costs and finance expenses. Openreach has connected 2.1 Also noteworthy is the addition of 446,000 new active connections, boosting the total to 5.5 million residences with fibre-to-the-home in recent months, aiming to reach 4.2 million by FY25.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Frustrated by years of substandard broadband service from regional telecom incumbents, Kendall County, Illinois residents have joined the growing chorus of Americans that are tackling the problem head on by building their own better, faster, more affordable fiber networks.

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