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

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, September 3, 2024 – A small Texas city is finding out what it's like when the cable TV company cuts the cord. 6,000) will soon experience a shift in its media landscape as TDS Telecom plans to discontinue its cable TV service there by Sept. the parent company of Big Bend Telephone Co., Alpine, Texas (pop.

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Tim Stelzig: Explaining BEAD, Trying to Bridge the Digital Divide

Broadband Breakfast

The FCC’s USF Fund was initially designed as a ratepayer cross-subsidy program to ensure all Americans had access to telephone service. The USF Fund contributed significantly to increasing telephone service coverage from less than 50% of occupied housing units in the 1940s, to 78.3% in 1960, to 90.5% in 1970, to 92.9%

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Techbuyer collaboration yields successful recovery of precious metals from printed circuit board

Total Telecom

BT has been trialling the companys bioleaching technology for several years to recover copper and gold from decommissioned telephone exchanges as well as copper from cabling.

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Consolidated Telephone Company and Meeker Cooperative Light and Power launch MC Fiber

Blandin on Broadband

MC Fiber is a collaborative effort between Meeker Cooperative Light and Power and Consolidated Telephone Company, based in Brainerd. To do this, the company will utilize their expertise in plowing, cable pulling and blowing as well as directional boring for mainline and drop fiber projects, according to the news release.

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Industry Backs FCC’s Push to Eliminate ‘Outdated’ Regulations

Broadband Breakfast

Scrap TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act) rules, which govern robocalls, with one commenter calling them “a complete mess of stitched together nonsense.” Eliminate broadband reporting requirements for small ISPs, with fixed wireless operators arguing that compliance costs are too high.

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More info on Lismore Telephone Company and Woodstock Communications MN Broadband grant project in Nobles County

Blandin on Broadband

The Globe reports… REGIONAL — The Lismore Telephone Company and Woodstock Communications will expand implementation of broadband fiber optic cables to give communities they serve better Internet access after receiving $209,598 and $2.9 million, respectively.

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Kagan: Tarana Wireless helps US Cellular increase FWA capacity

RCR Wireless

Traditionally, Cable TV and telephone companies offer wireline broadband. FWA 5G wireless broadband may be the next competitive battleground Broadband seems to be gearing up to be the next competitive battleground. Suddenly, wireless carriers are starting to use FWA to offer wireless broadband.

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