Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 11, 2025

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

Connectivity

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 23, 2025

From bringing reliable telephone service to rural areas often overlooked by larger providers, to becoming a leader in fiber optic internet provisions, to the ever-changing landscape of technology, WCTA has grown into a cutting-edge telecommunications cooperative, delivering world-class fiber-optic services to homes and businesses across the region.

Telephone

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 31, 2025

The MN Senate Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development reports… Friday, April 4th, 2025 10:30 AM Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development Chair: Sen. Aric Putnam Location: 1100 Minnesota Senate Bldg.

Telecommunication

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 25, 2025

What was missing, those executives told them, was broadband internet access. The Tobacco Commission paid for 3,000 miles of rural broadband. Ralph Northam would call on Feinman for another job, as the commonwealth’s chief broadband adviser. Commission members and their local partners wanted to know why, Feinman said.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 26, 2025

Three years and five months after the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed, the BEAD Program still hasn’t connected a single person to broadband,  but  it is on the brink of being able to do so on a large scale, if Washington gives a green light.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 4, 2025

Live Video Bills Added HF47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. Agriculture Finance and Policy Chair: Rep. Paul Anderson Location: Capitol G3 Agenda: Bills may be added.

Finance

Rural Broadband Association

MAY 22, 2025

I marvel at how well and how often community-based broadband providers work together to address challenges, seize opportunities and improve the services they provide to their communities. That same spirit exists between the national cooperative organizations who support those providers.

Mobile

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2025 – The House passed Monday five telecom and communications bills, including efforts to require more vetting for high-cost fund participants and codify modern responsibilities of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.  The bill still had bipartisan support Monday, with Reps.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 9, 2025

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. billion Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment program.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 25, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 25, 2025 — The House Appropriations Committee postponed a scheduled Thursday markup of a bill to fund the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for fiscal year 2026. billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. Much of the language targets how the agency oversees the $42.45

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 16, 2025

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2025 – Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program Director Evan Feinman is no longer with the Commerce Department, he said on Sunday morning. Friday was his last day leading the $42.5 billion program. Notably, lawmakers did not seek to institute a per-location spending cap.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 13, 2025

In a  letter dated February 12, 2025 , Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris advised the Senate that “the Department of Justice has determined that certain for-cause removal provisions that apply to members of multimember regulatory commissions are unconstitutional and the Department will no longer defend their constitutionality.”

Entertainment

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.

Retail

IEEE ComSoc

MARCH 12, 2025

She pointed out that in 3GPP Releases 17, 18 and (forthcoming) 19 and 20, the work has progressed from IoT to broadband to low-earth orbit ( LEO ) satellites. The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the current and emerging satellite IoT applications and their technical and operational aspects. IMT 2020-SAT.SPECS].

Mobile

Blandin on Broadband

JUNE 9, 2025

The Trump Administration said they would be making changes to federal funding going to states for broadband. The Benton Institute for Broadband & Society has a practical summary of the changes as well. There are a lot of changes. … The NOFO, however, limited this definition to one technology: end-to-end fiber.37

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 6, 2025

billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program could result in years of delays, a former National Telecommunications and Information Administration official warned Wednesday. billion BEAD broadband expansion program was under “rigorous review” and would be “revamp[ed] to take a tech-neutral approach.”

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 5, 2025

WASHINGTON, March 5, 2025 – In news that many in the broadband industry have been bracing for, the Commerce Department said Wednesday it was launching a sweeping review of the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, and vowed to strip Biden-era requirements.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 11, 2025

billion in federal broadband funding, one of the state’s broadband officers said Tuesday. “The review is still ongoing,” said Thomas Tyler , deputy director of the state’s broadband office. DALLAS, March 11, 2025 – An unexpected federal review is still holding up Louisiana’s $1.3

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 25, 2025

billion broadband expansion program. “We made the decision to invest larger sums now in broadband infrastructure that would be resilient and capable of meeting Americans’ growing digital demands for decades.”

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 19, 2025

billion broadband expansion program. A dozen Senate Democrats wrote a letter to President Donald Trump Friday urging him to move forward with the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, which has been effectively paused at the federal level since Trump took office. Maria Cantwell , D-Wash.,

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 5, 2025

The MN House Ag, Finance and Policy committee heard about HF47 : Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. Live Video Bills Added HF47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. If we dont do we lose the money?

Finance

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 3, 2025

Paired with the tax provisions in the bill, this legislation paves the way to restore America’s global lead in wireless technology through smart policy,” AT&T said in a release. He also emphasized that the bill’s tax provisions would “advance infrastructure investment, create jobs, and grow the economy.” 

Provisioning

Blandin on Broadband

JUNE 7, 2025

In legislative text unveiled Thursday night, Senate Republicans proposed denying states federal funding for broadband projects if they regulate AI. That’s a change from a provision in the House-passed version of the tax overhaul that simply banned any current or future AI regulations by the states for 10 years.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 17, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 17, 2025 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration may have a new leader as early as next week. billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, a central focus of NTIA oversight. billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, a central focus of NTIA oversight.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

5, 2024 – Broadband providers looking to block New York’s Affordable Broadband Act are worried other states would enact similar laws, they told the Supreme Court last week. “If the ABA were to take effect, it would be a watershed moment,” the New York State Telecommunications Association wrote in an Oct.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified II. Dave Baker Location: Capitol G3 Agenda: H.F.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

has reintroduced a bill directing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to develop a national broadband strategy. “The PLAN for Broadband Act would prevent wasteful spending and help streamline communication and coordination between the agencies tasked with rolling out broadband initiatives.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Today the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy heard more about: HF47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. MN has good broadband. The certification program set to start this year could bring broadband deployment to a halt.

Provisioning

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 7, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2024 – In a bid to prevent duplication of federal broadband funding, Resound Networks has asked the Federal Communications Commission for a waiver to give up certain Rural Digital Opportunity Fund obligations on Tribal lands.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 26, 2025

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) reports … We asked broadband officials and industry stakeholders to identify challenges they face with deploying broadband to underserved and unserved locations.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Benton Institute for Broadband & Society reports This week, Congress passed the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 , this year’s version of theNational Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Their concerns involve not only video but also broadband. The association specifically cited GCI in Alaska as relying “ exclusively on satellite technology for the provision of basic telephone service, medical service, and distance learning.” Telecommunications Service Sector. WASHINGTON, Oct.

Telephone

Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 17, 2024

16, 2024 – With millions of Americans still struggling to afford internet access, a new report sheds light on how future broadband affordability programs could better target those in need.    Broadband Affordability: What Should Change? WASHINGTON, Oct. It eventually reached more than 23 million American households.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 30, 2024

New Hampshire is getting the gift that keeps on giving: $191 million in federal money to put every last residence and business in the state within reach of broadband internet service over the next five years. Get Broadband Breakfast's free daily newsletter every morning, Mon.-Fri. Want top news about tech and politics?

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 29, 2024

Faced with Petitioners’ arguments that the Rule exceeds the FCC’s authority under Section 222(a) of the Communications Act, the FCC downplays its previous reliance on that provision and instead pivots to Section 201(b). The FCC’s power to promulgate the 2024 Reporting Rule must therefore find support in Section 222.

Provisioning

Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 24, 2025

The National Conference of State Legislatures has a slick Broadband Policy Toolkit … This NCSL toolkit covers the state policy landscape and considerations to address broadband deployment, adoption and affordability, and provides a wide variety of resources for policymakers, including legislative tracking, issue briefs and podcasts.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 22, 2024

“Tribal communities will only receive adequate broadband service if they are provided the resources to do it themselves, or the ability to choose their provider partnerships.” Other RDOF defaults have cited existing Tribal broadband projects.

Provisioning