Broadband Breakfast

MAY 22, 2025

New Mexico Get a snapshot view of broadband initiatives in New Mexico. Broadband Breakfast State Broadband The new requirements came in response to thousands of complaints from city residents. limit work hours from 6 a.m. and require that all complaints be responded to within 24 hours.

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Total Telecom

MARCH 24, 2025

SK Broadband, and Verizon Business has announced the start of construction of the East Asia to North America (E2A) submarine cable system. News The E2A system, linking Japan and the USA, is expected to be ready for service in 2028 Today, an international consortium including Chunghwa Telecom, SoftBank Corp.,

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Blandin on Broadband

JUNE 3, 2025

One set of problems relates to construction Anyone who thinks a fiber business is a technology business is sorely mistaken, said Greg Wilson, founder and CEO of Ripple Fiber. Its more of a construction business, where any large project faces challenges with labor, permitting, regulation snags and the like.

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Total Telecom

MAY 22, 2025

Dialoisos company, which is constructing a 60-mile fiber network connecting Baltimore, and the Washington D.C. Subscribe to the Broadband Communities newsletter. Learn more about Broadband Communities Summit 2025 in Houston. metro area, said its important to ask community leaders how they can support a communitys future needs.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

21, 2025 – Cities and towns were proving that municipal broadband networks can pay for themselves – without raising taxes, without government bailouts, and without private investment. The S&P-rated precedent should make it easier for future broadband projects to secure funding without needing tax-backed guarantees.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The telecom construction industry has traditionally relied on outdated, fragmented tools for project management, leading to inefficiencies, delays, and miscommunication. After witnessing these pain points firsthand whilst building a construction company in Sweden, we started building an internal tool to manage these problems.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, April 8, 2025 – The Federal Communications Commission declined on Friday to change the way it was structuring broadband subsidies, turning back an effort from rural broadband providers. The Supreme Court heard arguments in the case last month, and is expected to issue a decision later this year.

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Blandin on Broadband

JUNE 3, 2025

Paul Bunyan Communications is making steady progress on its broadband expansion across parts of Itasca and St. Current Construction Areas: Itasca County: City of Coleraine St. Louis County: Areas of Alango, Angora, Owens, and Sandy Township Construction is currently in progress. Louis Counties.

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Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 10, 2025

June 10, 2025 – The Appalachian Regional Commission requested proposals Thursday from qualified consultants to conduct a performance analysis of previous broadband grant programs.  Roughly a quarter of the grants were construction projects funding middle mile or last mile fiber networks.

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Blandin on Broadband

MAY 20, 2025

The Office of Broadband Development held their Office Hours as planned. But other states have longer construction seasons. When planned, this meeting was going to talk about the next round of BEAD funding (round 11b) but that is on hold given concerns with federal perspective. We are hearing inconsistencies too.

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Blandin on Broadband

MAY 14, 2025

Telecompetitor reports Rural broadband would get a boost if a precision agriculture bill introduced in the Senate were to be adopted. As a fact sheet explains, existing broadband programs support connectivity to households but dont address connectivity across farmland and ranchland. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.),

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 14, 2025

News Heres a look at the five biggest stories over the last week from our sister publication, Broadband Communities Data center construction, booming in cities like Phoenix, is fueling demand for dark fiber in major American markets. PODCAST: ISP executive discusses how rural American ISPs can endure The marketplace is changing fast.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 3, 2025

million in construction costs will be paid via bonds, which would then be paid back by leasing fees by local competitors looking to access the network.     Studies routinely find  that open access networks drive down entry costs, improve local competition, and result in better, cheaper, and faster broadband access.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2025 – Ziply Fiber is urging the Federal Communications Commission to dismiss what it calls “vague and unsubstantiated” claims by NorthWestern Energy regarding its construction practices and rural broadband efforts.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 22, 2024

In the Asia-Pacific region, the optical industry is booming, which promotes the popularization and quality improvement of broadband. The Asia-Pacific region is embracing F5.5G, bringing new growth opportunities for operators and promoting the construction of all-optical smart homes and premium networks.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Contributed Article [Paris, France, October 9, 2024] During Network X 2024 — Broadband World Forum (BBWF), Huawei teamed up with carriers and Informa to hold the All-Optical Access Innovation Summit, bringing together heavyweight analysts, carrier customers, and Huawei experts. all-optical intelligent access networks.

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Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 4, 2025

Here are three proposals for common-sense solutions to improve the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program of the U.S. Topic #1: Fiber Priority When we consider broadband infrastructure as a 30-year investment rather than focusing on speed targets, the case for building fiber networks in rural areas becomes clear.

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Total Telecom

MARCH 5, 2025

.” As one of the largest telecom operators in Spain, MasOrange has built a leading optical network to deliver the premium experience for consumers, enterprises, and home broadband users, while accelerating digital and intelligent transformation. 1 customer satisfaction. 1 customer satisfaction.

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Light Reading

AUGUST 23, 2024

This week in broadband builds: Comcast footprint grows in Fairfield; TWC, Brightspeed win in Ohio; Spectrum services light up in Florida, Georgia, Michigan; Metronet starts new construction in Oklahoma – and more.

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Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 10, 2025

June 10, 2025 – New Mexico is still without a permanent director for its Office of Broadband Access and Expansion following the departure of former acting director Drew Lovelace.  Learn more about Speeding BEAD Summit What is Broadband Breakfast? The office of Gov.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 10, 2024

billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program aims to connect 25 million Americans currently without high-speed Internet access. And so far, more than 30% intend to allocate nearly $350 million in BEAD funding to support broadband workforce development initiatives.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 10, 2025

In traditional ODN construction, the feeder optical cables, distribution optical cables, and drop cables are stripped or terminated onsite for fiber connection. As the scale of the broadband access network increases, the traditional ODNs face a series of challenges in applications. It improves the O&M efficiency and quality.

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Total Telecom

DECEMBER 11, 2024

How AI can optimize network construction Find out how AI is changing the game and addressing some of the challenges facing network construction, like human error and a labor shortage. Here’s where some state plans are excelling, and others are falling short.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 28, 2024

The rule that is going to cause the biggest delays is that no grants can be awarded in a State until a broadband office has lined up an ISP to reach every unserved and underserved passing. This process is very different from how State broadband grants have historically been handled.

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Blandin on Broadband

AUGUST 6, 2024

Mesabi Tribune reports on increase in construction employment… In recent years, financial commitment from the federal government to rebuild and expand critical American infrastructure has been a boon for the construction industry. Despite these sizable financial commitments, the construction industry faces a major labor shortage.

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Broadband Breakfast

MAY 20, 2025

It currently operates networks across 17 different cities in California, Ohio, and Florida, and is constructing networks in 11 other cities across five different states: California, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and New York.   Sifi funds, builds, and operates open access fiber networks throughout the United States.

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Broadband Breakfast

MAY 5, 2025

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2025 – TDS Telecom said in an earnings call Friday that it added almost 3,000 broadband subscribers in the first quarter. serves about 555,800 broadband subscribers. Now that we have moved beyond the winter months, we expect construction activity and address delivery to accelerate.” ”

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 9, 2025

Back in 2023, the Telstra and Starlink signed a deal to deliver fixed broadband and voice services to remote areas across the country. That collaboration focused on providing faster broadband and home phone services for customers. Beyond the Cable discusses

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 7, 2025

Press Release Brightspeed, one of the nations largest fiber broadband builders focused on empowering more homes with ultrafast, reliable internet, today announced its multi-gig-speed network has passed approximately 1.82 million locations surpassing its year-end goal of 1.75 million fiber-enabled premises across its 20-state footprint.

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Light Reading

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This week in broadband builds: Spectrum wins millions more in Alabama; Ripple Fiber to expand into Michigan; GoNetspeed starts construction in Middletown, Connecticut – and more.

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Blandin on Broadband

MAY 9, 2025

Business Wire reports With the cut of a ribbon, high-speed internet provider Gateway Fiber has officially started construction on its 100% fiber-optic internet service to Shoreview, Minnesota, bringing residents and businesses access to symmetrical multi-gig connectivity that will transform their internet experience.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 26, 2025

Zito provides broadband, phone, and emergency network services across Pennsylvania, including support for the state’s Emergency Services IP Network and the Southern Alleghenies 911 Cooperative.

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Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 9, 2025

June 9, 2025 – Clallam County, Washington and Astound Broadband have begun construction on a major new joint partnership that will bring affordable fiber access to more than 1,500 homes across the largely rural Northwestern part of The Evergreen State. Washington Get a snapshot view of broadband initiatives in Washington.

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Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Expansion news from Paul Bunyan Communications… Paul Bunyan Communications is making good progress on its broadband expansion in Aitkin County. Construction is almost done in the areas of Kimberly, Spencer, Jevne, Flemming, and Morrison Townships east of the city of Aitkin and west of the city of McGregor.

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Blandin on Broadband

MAY 1, 2025

City of Bovey Includes over 350 locations and construction is anticipated to start in late summer/early fall City of Coleraine Includes over 480 locations and construction will start in mid-May. Construction will take place this construction season with services expected to be available by winter.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 5, 2024

Join Broadband Breakfast Live Online and other guests attending Mountain Connect 2024 in Denver for a discussion about the themes raised at this year's conference. This year marks the Colorado-based conference's 10th year as an independent broadband event, and Broadband Breakfast has covered the event regularly in the past.

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Light Reading

APRIL 4, 2025

This week in broadband builds: North Carolina awards $22.1 million in Completing Access to Broadband (CAB) grants; Spectrum goes live for hundreds more Wisconsin homes; Fidium Fiber construction continues in Maine and more.

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