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Investing in the North: How Virgin Media O2 is powering a more connected, inclusive future 

Total Telecom

Take our broadband network. This investment means that nearly ten million homes in the North can access our gigabit broadband, offering services 16 times faster than the national average. We have invested more than 1 billion to connect over 3.4 million homes and businesses in the North to our ultrafast network in the last ten years.

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Broadband Breakfast on June 4, 2025 – What Happens to USF When SCOTUS Rules?

Broadband Breakfast

At March 26 oral arguments, a majority of the justices—including Amy Coney Barrett , Brett Kavanaugh and even Samuel Alito — signaled unease with dismantling subsidies that keep classrooms connected and low-income households on the grid.

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How Reliable is Our Nation's – and the World's – Broadband Infrastructure?

Broadband Breakfast

Were readers of this publication to present at a telecom conference on the topic of broadband reliability, outages might not be top of mind.  More pointedly, in today’s technology-centric ecosystems, to not have broadband means the real potential for societal catastrophe. 

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Sean Gonsalves: States Should Consider Adopting Affordable Broadband Laws

Broadband Breakfast

Now that the lengthy legal beef has been settled and New York’s  Affordable Broadband Act is set to take effect this month, it marks a potentially pivotal moment in a national effort to address one of the biggest barriers to broadband adoption:  Affordability.

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Court Pauses Challenge to FCC’s USF Forbearance Policy

Broadband Breakfast

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit  agreed Friday to pause consumer groups’ effort to require Internet Service Providers to contribute to a multibillion broadband subsidy program run by the  Federal Communications Commission. It remanded the issue to the FCC, which has signaled an intent to appeal.

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Broadband Industry, Advocates Defend USF to High Court

Broadband Breakfast

Broadband trade groups and advocates both joined the agency in asking the Supreme Court to uphold the fund’s legality. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2025 – Telecom court battles often pit industry associations against consumer advocates, but not in the case of the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund.

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Small Texas City Losing Cable TV, Keeping Internet after Network Sale

Broadband Breakfast

6,000) will soon experience a shift in its media landscape as TDS Telecom plans to discontinue its cable TV service there by Sept. "I was made aware of the sale when I received a notice in the mail from TDS indicating the upcoming changes," Mayor Eaves told Broadband Breakfast. "To Alpine, Texas (pop.

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