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Blandin on Broadband
APRIL 9, 2025
Pete Johnson on HF47: Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified Before last year, the broadband industry was an outlier in the utilities world, with almost no worker-training requirements. Still in implementation, it already is making Minnesotans safer.
Broadband Breakfast
APRIL 4, 2025
The decrepit rural telecommunications infrastructure needs to be fully replaced, not patched. Topic #2: Regulatory Relief The regulatory burden imposed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on the BEAD program will unnecessarily delay construction, increase costs and diminish competition among ISPs for the funding.
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Broadband Breakfast
JULY 14, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2025 – It’s been six months, but a damaged Alaskan fiber cable may soon be back online. Quintillion President Michael McHale announced Friday that the company will dispatch vessels this July to repair an undersea cable line severed by Arctic ice in January. That break took three months to repair.
Broadband Breakfast
JULY 10, 2025
Census Bureau, with information provided by the Federal Communications Commission, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and U.S. Department of Agriculture. Fourth, a lack of consistent impact assessments.
Tridon
JUNE 11, 2025
When people hear “ OSP fiber ,” they tend to picture buried cable, manholes, or pole lines. Sometimes, OSP fiber optic cable has to be installed, not “outside plant”, but inside buildings. How Code Affects Installation Canadian building codes typically require a transition to indoor-rated cable within 15 metres of entry.
Broadband Breakfast
JUNE 25, 2025
Earlier this month, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued a Policy Notice instituting critical reforms to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. Fiber, cable and fixed wireless all excel in specific situations.
Broadband Breakfast
APRIL 2, 2025
Under BEAD’s current construct—and according to the infrastructure law that funds it—every dollar saved on deployments to unserved households can be used to connect others, to connect anchor institutions like libraries, or to fund adoption and digital upskilling initiatives.
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