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Tom Reid: Common-Sense Solutions to Closing the Digital Divide in Rural America

Broadband Breakfast

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.  They are struggling to meet the bandwidth needs of 2020, let alone 2055.

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Advocates: Fine Print in New BEAD Notice Favors Satellite Providers

Broadband Breakfast

One of the clearest examples, they argued, was a provision under revised rules for the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment program, that gives satellite providers up to 10 years to meet performance benchmarks — more than double the four years allowed for fiber and other technologies to comply.

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States Approach Readiness for the Broadband Rollout, But Federal Nod is Elusive

Broadband Breakfast

Three states, Louisiana, Delaware, and Nevada, are only waiting for a sign-off from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to start allocating money to projects. States had to draft plan content to satisfy these provisions, and in some cases, they impact subgrantee selection. ” He considers that “not.

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Chris Scharrer: Why Would SpaceX Need $20B from BEAD?

Broadband Breakfast

  Regardless of whoever might be thinking a piñata would be appropriate here, Starlink is an incomparable short-term technology that is being suggested for an issue that has as much, if not more importance, than the Rural Electrification Act had in 1936! Cruz is saying that his party is pulling out the piñata instead. 

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Exploring VMware Cloud Foundation

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Key Highlights: Simplified deployment as a single, unified platform Enhanced user experience for cloud infrastructure admins and developers Three key business outcomes: modernizing infrastructure, operating like a cloud, and ensuring security Improved configuration drift detection and proactive management Advanced security services, including network (..)

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The White House smooths the path for data centers

Blandin on Broadband

My Administration has inaugurated a golden age for American manufacturing and technological dominance. 4336 and 4336c) could facilitate the construction of Qualifying Projects. (b) General Provisions. (a) Policy and Purpose. g) “Brownfield Site” means a site as defined in 42 U.S.C. Encouraging Qualifying Projects.

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Four Steps to Achieve Cyber Resilience for Utilities 

Cisco Wireless

Step 1: Fuse cybersecurity into the network Simplify security operations and reduce costs by building security constructs within networking equipment instead of multiplying point products. Build a WAN infrastructure that is secure by design and can evolve with your needs.

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