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.

Communication

Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 19, 2024

West Central Tribune reports … A new utility services company specializing in underground fiber construction, MC Fiber launched in late September, according to a news release from Meeker Cooperative Light and Power and Vibrant Broadband in Litchfield.

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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.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Paul Bunyan Communications is making good progress on its broadband expansion in St. Construction is done in the Forbes Area SW of Eveleth and the city of Buhl. The cooperative will return to bring the network up to locations with no construction fee when feasible. An update from Paul Bunyan Communications. Louis County.

Communication

Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

is a small, family-owned telecommunications company that provide residential, small business and enterprise consumers with fiber-optic Internet, telephone and television services across 14 rural Vermont villages. VTel, based in Springfield, Vt.,

Construction

Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

This work is part of Project Gigabit, a government-funded programme to enable hard-to-reach communities to get fast, reliable broadband. All the homes and businesses being connected across South Wiltshire and North Dorset will benefit from full fibre broadband, also known as Fibre to the Premises (FTTP). The contract is worth £18.8

Cable

Blandin on Broadband

DECEMBER 7, 2024

The $1.248 million grant, part of the states Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program, will fund a project to bring reliable broadband service to 241 unserved and underserved locations in the area. With info on pricing… The cooperative plans to offer various broadband packages to suit different needs and budgets.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Institute of Local Self Reliance (ILSR) has been tracking Indigenous Broadband Networks in the US. They provide a great history and analysis of broadband in tribal areas. Network construction began in 2017 with the first subscribers coming online in 2019. The Blandin Foundation has supported Native networks in Minnesota.)

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Blandin on Broadband

MAY 30, 2025

Iron Range Resources reports on a new broadband grant for future deployment in St Louis County… Broadband Infrastructure Grant: $383,000 Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative Grant Amount: $383,000 to construct fiber optics to serve 35 unserved households in unorganized township T62N-R21W in rural Saint Louis County.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

From the Office of Broadband Development… Broadband Matters: Office of Broadband Development Updates Governor’s Task Force on Broadband, September meeting recap Updates from NTIA on available funds for Native Entities Digital Opportunity Update Register for final BEAD Challenge office hours, Thursday Sept.

Construction

Blandin on Broadband

AUGUST 19, 2024

It was a great day to see more folks get better broadband in Cloquet MN. The Cloquet Broadband Vision: To ensure access to affordable, reliable, high-speed fiber internet delivered by a committed capable community partner skilled in maintaining and operating a successful broadband network. More info from CTC. The grant of $4.8

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 16, 2025

million, two Broadband Opportunity Program grants totaling $5.9 million, and a Broadband Infrastructure Program grant of $9.6 Conexon was initially known for rural fiber-optic network design and construction, but launched its own last mile public facing retail ISP, Conexon Connect,  in 2021.

Connectivity

Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

As federal broadband funding sources face  continued uncertainty , California’s massive last-mile grant program continues to plow ahead, looking increasingly like a vital lifeline for communities hoping to ensure that every individual has access to robust, reliable, and affordable Internet access.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 22, 2025

Mille Lacs Reservation has seen steady progress toward ubiquitous broadband over the years. In 2015, Mille Lacs County developed a broadband feasibility study that included a brief statement on connectivity on the reservation; they were focusing fiber on their casino, tribal headquarters and a few other businesses.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 11, 2025

To all the persistently negative and noisy broadband fiber network naysayers, I want to follow up on my previous article on the deployment of a fiber broadband Internet infrastructure. What do construction crews do? Broadband Breakfast accepts commentary from informed observers of the broadband scene.

Entertainment

Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

844, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; modifying provisions governing broadband workforce plan data; modifying investigative authority; modifying provisions governing underground telecommunications infrastructure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.395, From the Minnesota House Schultz and Baker introduced: F.

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USTELECOM

AUGUST 26, 2024

The story of broadband across the country is told one mile at a time, with hundreds of broadband companies painstakingly building out the capability to connect their customers. That’s exactly what Coon Valley Farmer’s Telephone Co., It wasn’t all smooth sailing, as construction was stopped by an April snowstorm!

Construction

EldoTelecom

AUGUST 29, 2024

billion in construction subsidies appropriated in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 appears insufficient to bring fiber connections to most every American doorstep as with copper telephone lines in the previous century.

Telephone

EldoTelecom

AUGUST 7, 2024

A “project” may constitute a single unserved or underserved broadband-serviceable location, or a grouping of broadband-serviceable locations in which not less than 80 percent of broadband-serviceable locations served by the project are unserved locations or underserved locations.

Telephone

Rural Broadband Association

JULY 2, 2024

The event, hosted by six Smart Rural Community SM (SRC) providers and NTCA members from across Missouri, served as a unique opportunity to highlight all things good about fiber broadband and the work of community-based providers in Missouri. Participating Providers Chariton Valley Broadband, LLC (Macon, Mo.)

Connectivity

EldoTelecom

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

[link] Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Rather than trying to reform legacy subsidy mechanisms created for voice telephone service, wouldn’t public ownership of open access regional fiber to the premises (FTTP) provide a twin win of superior access and affordability?

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TELCO

APRIL 22, 2024

NYSE: CX), a leading global construction materials company, for Edgility, the company’s virtualized edge management and orchestration platform. They offer a comprehensive range of services, including standard telephone, VoIP, high-speed broadband internet, security systems, and app-based TV content.

Platform

Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

974, A bill for an act relating to broadband; establishing the Equal Access to Broadband Act; modifying provisions governing broadband services and broadband infrastructure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.39, From the Minnesota House … Freiberg; Lee, F.; Carroll; Koegel and Clardy introduced: H.

Telecommunication

EldoTelecom

APRIL 1, 2024

The consortium will finance fiber construction and operations with cash contributions and long term bonds backed by the consortium members along with participation private equity firms. State and local governments and railroads will be offered fiber connectivity at no cost in exchange for right of way access and waiver of all permitting. “We

Telecommunication

Rural Broadband Association

JULY 18, 2024

With the August recess quickly approaching and members of Congress headed home for an extended period, I hope this is helpful as you explain our broadband priorities to those you see around town or invite to your offices. ACP ensures that broadband service is affordable for low-income consumers specifically.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 31, 2025

White Paper Protecting The Nation's Critical Communications Infrastructure From Theft & Vandalism Learn More White Paper Provided by NCTA, CTIA, USTelecom, The Rural Broadband Association: The U.S. Increasing vandalism has also impacted the fiber-optic networks that are now common in many broadband and wireless networks.

Communication

Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 9, 2025

  The difference highlights ongoing debates within federal broadband policy over what constitutes "sufficient" internet access. Up to $150,000 of each grant may be dedicated to the improvement, expansion, construction or acquisition of such centers. million to expand fiber broadband to Groton and parts of South Ryegate.

Connectivity

Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Get Broadband Breakfast's free daily newsletter every morning, Mon.-Fri. Chuck Schumer made the announcement Thursday. “When you do the high-end research, which will be done here, and you can make the most advanced chips in the world, it makes sure that our military has the edge," Schumer said in a telephone interview. "It

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Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Here’s the official announcement from the Office of Governor Walz on the recent broadband awards… Governor Tim Walz today announced $52 million in grants to expand broadband access to an estimated 7,700 homes and businesses throughout Minnesota.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

 “And through our open access fiber, services are also available from  Broadband-MN  and  Arvig.” The CUC, alongside “several parallel initiatives and programs,” constructed more than 360 miles of fiber to over 2000 rural locations in Carver County, wrapping up late last year.

Construction

Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

A three-judge panel found last month that the Federal Communications Commission could not classify ISPs as Title II common carriers under the Telecommunications Act, ruling that the “best reading” of the statute required broadband be defined as a less-regulated information service. 

Common Carrier

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 6, 2024

Tim Walz , selected by Vice President Kamala Harris as her running mate for the upcoming November election, took decisive action in May by signing a law that dismantled barriers to local government ownership of broadband networks in Minnesota. During this period, Minnesota emerged as a leader in broadband development.

Broadband

IEEE ComSoc

JANUARY 2, 2025

The court ruled that broadband communications, including broadband delivered via mobile networks, is classified as an “information” service rather than a more heavily regulated “telecommunications” service. The FCC, under Rosenworcel, passed the current set of net neutrality rules in April 2024.

Internet

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 2, 2025

The Quantum Park is slated for construction in 2025 and 2026, along with recruitment of other businesses. Steel South Works site has attracted plans for $300 million for construction of a new 52 bed hospital by Advocate Healthcare, a well-established hospital and clinic network. The overall 567-acre former U.S.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 4, 2025

2045 :A bill for an act relating to broadband; establishing the Equal Access to Broadband Act; modifying provisions governing broadband services and broadband infrastructure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.39, Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.

Provisioning

EldoTelecom

MAY 19, 2025

Each state and territory then must set up and administer its own broadband infrastructure grant program using the statutory framework to distribute the money to the internet service providers that will be building the networks. The IIJA placed responsibility on the states to implement it. The IIJA appropriated $43.45 Only half of all U.S.

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