Broadband Breakfast

MAY 9, 2025

Some of the nation’s leading thinkers and doers in the community broadband sector will connect and collaborate in the nation’s capital for the inaugural  Community First: The Future of Public Broadband Conference and Hill Day  next week. Registration and tickets are still available  here.

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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

JULY 5, 2025

July 5, 2025 – Maine officials discussed their collaborative approach to rural broadband challenges during a Wednesday webcast, highlighting ongoing infrastructure investments and digital equity programs across the state's diverse geography.

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Broadband Breakfast

JULY 25, 2025

At the Fiber Broadband Association’s (FBA) Regional Fiber Connect Workshop in Anchorage last week, local broadband executives, tribal leaders, and policymakers came together to share best practices and lessons learned in a state that has unique challenges and opportunities connecting communities and people to fiber broadband.  

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Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 24, 2025

This Broadband Breakfast Live session will examine MCA President Andrew Butcher's journey around the state, along with past successes and future desires for MCA. How are community voices being incorporated into the MCA’s broadband expansion efforts?

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Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 8, 2025

The MN House reports on the Ag committees omnibus agriculture finance bill The bill that emerged calls for a $172.29 million to the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute; and $2 million to the Office of Broadband Development to increase high-speed Internet access across the state. Of the total, $168.79

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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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Blandin on Broadband

JUNE 24, 2025

We provide tailored investments, grants, and technical guidance to help underserved communities build the internet infrastructure needed to thrive. Tribal Communities Up to $5M per project to support community-led broadband infrastructure in Tribal Nations. New Mexico Up to $3M per project for community broadband efforts in New Mexico.

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Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 24, 2025

CMS sent a letter to states today notifying them that it does not intend to approve new or extend existing requests for federal matching funds for state expenditures on these two types of programs designated state health programs (DSHP) and designated state investment programs (DSIP).DSHPs

Healthcare

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 14, 2025

The MN House reports The chair of the House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee unveiled a committee budget bill Monday that he said supports all kinds of agriculture here in Minnesota. million to the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute; and $2 million for broadband development. Paul Anderson (R-Starbuck).

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Broadband Breakfast

JULY 23, 2025

It powers everything from education and finance to healthcare and emergency response, not to mention our increasing conversations with AI agents recently. billion allocated through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program represents the largest broadband investment in American history.   The $42.5

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Telecom Talk

JULY 7, 2025

and ICR at DBN 4G Sites Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN) Fund Formerly known as the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), the DBN is primarily financed through a 5 percent levy on the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) of telecom service providers (TSPs) and internet service providers (ISPs).

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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. NRECA, a coalition representing U.S.

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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. The company attributed its slow growth to harsh weather conditions. TDS, based in Madison, Wis.,

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EldoTelecom

JULY 25, 2025

Fidium’s arrival has flummoxed local officials, partly because its parent company, Consolidated Communications, declined to build broadband infrastructure in Arrowsic years earlier, said Don Hudson, another commissioner. “It Machias-based internet service provider Axiom Technologies runs the town’s broadband service.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 24, 2025

The panel, moderated by Eli Scher , Chairman of OIX Association, a self-regulating community formed to foster data center and internet exchange point technical and operating standards, described how data centers were previously built at intersections of existing fiber networks in major metropolitan areas.

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Broadband Breakfast

JULY 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 7, 2025 – ALLO Fiber has laid off 150 employees, including 42 in Nebraska , amid capital shortages and recent changes to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. ALLO provides high-speed Internet and other communications services in 53 cities across Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona, and Missouri.

Finance

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 29, 2025

The firm has pledged $31 billion of equity for digital infrastructure, $20 billion for power and renewables, and was involved in discussions with Meta to finance a $29 billion artificial intelligence data center project. million homes by 2030.

Mobile

Blandin on Broadband

APRIL 17, 2025

Standford Social Innovation Review looks at why broadband has not reached some rural areas Broadband deserts exist largely because traditional finance and big-name ISPs do not build for communities too rural or too poor to hit their profit targets. Broadband is no different.

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Developing Telecoms

JUNE 18, 2025

Access to secure, affordable telecom equipment remains a major barrier to internet connectivity in Africa. In some regions, fewer than 30% of people have reliable internet access. Despite progress, high infrastructure costs and limited rural coverage have allowed the digital divide to persist.

E-Mail

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 8, 2025

July 7, 2025 – Internet service providers added 163,000 new fiber connections in Wisconsin in the past year, according to a new state broadband report.  The task force reported home internet subscription rates for Wisconsin households rose to 89.2 But “the work is not done.”

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 19, 2025

WASHINGTON, March 19, 2025 - A plan to spend $70 million to expand high-speed satellite internet access, particularly through Elon Musk ’s Starlink, was not adopted by the state legislature.   The proposal, developed by state broadband Director Drew Lovelace , also called for using the state’s $675.4

Finance

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 23, 2025

He said, “If Elon Musk had decided to be a ginormous Democratic donor , I have no doubt that the Biden administration would have pulled out a piñata and celebrated Starlink providing broadband.”   I understand why the new administration wants to speed up Broadband Deployment across the country. Is the U.S.

Retail

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 8, 2025

California lawmakers’ efforts to pass a new law mandating affordable broadband access is at risk of being destroyed by industry lobbying. The original legislation mandated that state residents should be able to receive $15 for all ISPs for broadband at speeds of 100 megabit per second (Mbps) downstream, 20 Mbps upstream.

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Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 20, 2025

WASHINGTON, June 20, 2025 – Wisconsin Republicans once said the state didn’t need to invest in broadband because federal money was on the way. “We have a lot of work to do to close the digital divide and make sure every Wisconsinite has access to high-quality, high-speed internet.”

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 9, 2024

News The railway line could improve the connectivity for thousands of rural households The High-Speed 2 (HS2) railway project could significantly enhance broadband connectivity in rural areas, according to a new analysis released today from High Speed 2 Ltd, a non-departmental public body run by the UK Department for Transport.

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Total Telecom

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Viewpoints With the recent election behind us, theres a noticeable shift in broadband industry sentiment. Following the election, industry stakeholders are cautiously optimistic now about potential improvements in financing conditions, strategic network expansion, and the evolving competitive landscape.

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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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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

3, 2024 – Ting Internet, a fiber Internet Service Provider available in several U.S. communities, announced deep staff cuts last week in an effort to shore up the company's finances. provides 2 Gig internet for $89 a month in various U.S. provides 2 Gig internet for $89 a month in various U.S.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

WASHINGTON, September 9, 2024 – Efforts to expand high-speed internet access in Wisconsin have hit a political roadblock, stalled by partisan infighting, according to Democratic Assembly members. Evers has expressed that he will continue to advocate for state broadband funding in the next budget cycle. 

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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.

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Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Broadband Breakfast reports … Efforts to expand high-speed internet access in Wisconsin have hit a political roadblock, stalled by partisan infighting, according to Democratic Assembly members. billion in federal money to expand broadband through the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment program, Cap Times reported last Monday.

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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 " Broadband Breakfast on March 12, 2025 - 5 Years On: Where Is Broadband Now?

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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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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 21, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 21, 2024 – Internet service providers and banks continued to ask the Federal Communications Commission to loosen restrictions on where its subsidy participants can obtain a letter of credit. USAC is a non-profit that manages the Universal Service Fund and other broadband subsidy programs for the FCC.

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Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Government Technology reports … Last year Minnesota received an eye-popping $652 million in federal funding aimed at providing more Internet access to those who don’t have it. That’s something Internet companies and those who would help finance projects aren’t willing to accept. The money was earmarked by U.S.

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