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NCTA Urges the FCC to Reject Expansion of Regulatory Fees

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2025 – The cable industry can’t afford higher regulatory fees, according to the NCTA – The Internet & Television Association. NAB is hoping to take fee pressure off radio and TV stations. ” Under a pending FCC action, cable operators will be required to pay $1.54

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Supporters Urge Capitol Hill to Protect Unlicensed, Shared Spectrum

Broadband Breakfast

Ted Cruz and John Cornyn , both Republicans from the state, to “consider the importance” of the shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service band as they crafted the bill. Cable companies use Wi-Fi to offload traffic for their mobile service, and own some priority CBRS licenses.

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FCC Defends Media Ownership Rules Before Eighth Circuit

Broadband Breakfast

    Broadcast companies have asked the court to strike down FCC rules that prevent mergers among the top four broadcasters in a given market, on the grounds that competition from other industries is fierce enough that local TV and radio stations need to consolidate to survive. 

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Digital Progress Institute Backs Spectrum Pipeline

Broadband Breakfast

That’s been opposed by the cable industry, which now competes for fixed broadband subscribers with 5G fixed wireless, and the Defense Department, which has seen the prospect as all but a mandate to give up its lower 3 GigaHertz band. The proposal would not involve any commercial access to the lower 3 GHz band. CBRS sits in the 3.55-3.7

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Still Monitoring Helene Recovery, FCC Readies for Milton

Broadband Breakfast

” Meanwhile, the FCC’s latest status report said 4 percent of the cell sites were offline in areas affected by Hurricane Helene on Monday – the number was more than 14 percent in parts of North Carolina that were hit – and more than 325,000 cable and wireline subscribers were without service, down from 654,000 on Oct.

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

EldoTelecom

The most likely explanation is the growth of IP service over coax cable television infrastructure that grew rapidly since the mid-2000s as telephone companies delayed the transition to fiber, instead using their existing copper networks with digital subscriber line (DSL) technology.

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Understanding The True Meaning Of Broadband Internet

Airtel

Broadband via cable To understand broadband examples of the traditional type, you must understand the broadband offered by a cable operator. Cable broadband makes use of the coaxial cable lines that are already present in most organisations. This type of broadband uses a fibre-optic cable to transmit data.