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Industry Backs FCC’s Push to Eliminate ‘Outdated’ Regulations

Broadband Breakfast

households; and, local radio and TV station ownership rules, which limit how many stations a single company can own in a given market. Preserve amateur radio frequencies, fearing that deregulation could lead to spectrum auctions that take away critical airwaves from HAM radio operators.

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Hurricane Season Resiliency Coordination – and Why it Matters

Rural Broadband Association

Alongside me were folks from Verizon, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, the head of 911 for the Louisiana Sheriff’s office in the Livingston Parish, Duke Energy, the cable industry and iHeartMedia. With Planters Telephone (Newington, Ga.)  With Washington, D.C., I am certain that when I go back to our Asheville, N.C.,

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Dean Bubley: After Budget Bill, Do No Harm to CBRS and 6 GHz

Broadband Breakfast

   However, the new law does not offer similar specific protections for two other bands desired by the cellular carriers: the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band between 3.55-3.7 Cable ISPs including Charter and Comcast also offer 6 GHz routers. GigaHertz (GHz) and 7.4-8.4

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Fiber, Fixed Wireless Connections Rose in 2023: FCC Marketplace Report

Broadband Breakfast

3, 2025 – The Federal Communications Commission found fiber and fixed wireless broadband connections increased in 2023, while DSL fell and cable remained steady. The 314-page document took stock of the fixed, mobile, and satellite broadband markets, plus telephone, video, and radio broadcaster services. WASHINGTON, Jan.

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

Broadband Breakfast

Heading North, on August 29, 2024, the tiny cruise ship town of Sitka, Alaska suffered an undersea cable cut which required about two weeks to repair. Physical obstacles, network interference, and radio frequency interference are additional frustrations.  Ubiquitous software and hardware malfunctions are another challenge.

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Two-Way Radio for Emergency Communications

Tridon

You grabbed your well-maintained two-way radio, tuned to the local emergency frequency, and made contact with a nearby volunteer responder. In this blog, well discuss the importance of using a two-way radio for emergency communications and how it can help you stay confidently connected when need it most.

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Survey: About half of all households passed by fiber in 2024 -- with less than half of those connected.

EldoTelecom

Internet connectivity is regarded as a utility as was voice telephone service before it where most every address had service. Over the past few years, mobile providers like Verizon and T-Mobile have rolled out fixed wireless technology that some households are using instead of higher priced cable service.