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Tom Reid: Common-Sense Solutions to Closing the Digital Divide in Rural America

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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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Precision Agriculture Requires 'All-of-the-Above' Connectivity Approach, Experts Say

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WASHINGTON, April 11, 2025 - Experts in agriculture and telecommunications agreed Wednesday that effective precision agriculture implementation requires a comprehensive, technology-neutral approach to connectivity, rather than relying on any single broadband solution. "The Broadband Breakfast Rachelle Medalia

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FCC Approves T-Mobile, SES Purchases

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Both companies provide video distribution services, among other things. “Today’s approval of the SES Intelsat transaction builds on the [FCC’s] efforts to promote the provision of robust and competitive satellite services to the public,” Carr said.

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West Virginia Data Center Bill Gets Local Pushback

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Only 30 percent is returned to the host county where the data center is located, with another 10 percent distributed on a per capita basis among all counties. Without the provisions introduced by HB 2014, counties would have retained the majority of the property tax revenue generated from developments like data centers, officials said.

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House Passes NTIA Reauthorization, Rural Broadband Protection Acts

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  Representatives also passed a bill aimed at criminalizing the distribution of nonconsensual intimate images made with artificial intelligence. billion effort to expand broadband infrastructure, over the strenuous objections of Democrats – and some Republicans – in Congress. speaking in favor of it.

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TAKE IT DOWN Act Passes House Commerce, But Not Without a Fight

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The bill, which criminalizes the distribution of non-consensual deepfake pornography and intimate images, was one of more than ten key tech and telecom measures considered during the marathon markup, many of which have already cleared the Senate Commerce Committee. An amendment from Ranking Member Frank Pallone , D-N.J., tech supply chains. 

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Starlink and DOGE: The $42 Billion Conflict of Interest in Rural Broadband

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The Trump Administration nominee who will oversee distribution of $42.45 billion in broadband subsidies has pledged to move away from an 'extreme tech bias in favor of fiber' toward technology neutrality—a welcome shift that could bring transformative connectivity to rural America.