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Women’s History Month: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Rural Broadband Association

MARCH 11, 2025

Jeannette and her husband Mike purchased Albion Telephone Company (now ATC Communications; Albion, Idaho) in 1929. Jumping forward a few years, we have Mildred Foster , the matriarch of Twin Valley Telephone (Miltonvale, Kan.). De Lamb and her husband Bill purchased Dubois Telephone Exchange in 1958, when it only had 140 subscribers.

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Anchorage Update: Lessons from the Frontier State

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 25, 2025

“Projects are planned three to five years out, allowing for priority adjustments if developers engage early,” said Robbie Nash , Vice President, OSP Engineering and Construction, MTA. Her career in telecommunications spans 30+ years, starting her most recent position at FBA in 2021.

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

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 23, 2025

Also, for an ISP to get BEAD funding, they have to cough up 30% to 50% in matching funds based on their total construction costs of building new fiber infrastructure. In Bangladesh, Starlink has applied to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) for a license to operate in the country.

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Lutnick’s right. Americans aren’t getting the benefit of the bargain -- of universal service.

EldoTelecom

JUNE 11, 2025

The Biden administration, in keeping with the infrastructure construction and modernization intent of the IIJA, administered BEAD with an infrastructure focus and specifically fiber to the premises (FTTP) and middle mile advanced telecommunications infrastructure.

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Consumer Groups Support EchoStar’s 5G Construction Extension

Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

is a small, family-owned telecommunications company that provide residential, small business and enterprise consumers with fiber-optic Internet, telephone and television services across 14 rural Vermont villages. VTel, based in Springfield, Vt.,

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

Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 19, 2024

West Central Tribune reports … A new utility services company specializing in underground fiber construction, MC Fiber launched in late September, according to a news release from Meeker Cooperative Light and Power and Vibrant Broadband in Litchfield.

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Broadband Breakfast on August 7, 2024 - Live from Mountain Connect 2024

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 5, 2024

Panelists Chris Bailey , Director of Sales, Wesco Allen Meyer , VP of Strategy, Corridor Network Construction Inc. Chris has been involved in numerous deployments with telephone companies, cooperatives, municipalities, and other entities, launching fiber broadband networks. Chris currently is the Director of Broadband Sales for Wesco.

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OBD Updates Sep 25: Task Force Mtg notes, funds for Native Entities, Office Hours Sep 26

Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

26th Governor’s Task Force on Broadband, September meeting recap Demonstration of broadband construction equipment and safety practices from TelCom Construction, LLC. The Governor’s Task Force met at the Gardonville Cooperative Telephone Association in Brandon, MN the morning of September 24th.

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Minnesota is home to 7 exciting, planned or prospective Native Nation owned broadband networks

Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The construction project has been fueled by grants first from the Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Community, and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development before getting a significant infusion from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.

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Draft BEAD program update would give states more leeway to use LEO, FWA services using unlicensed spectrum when more economical than FTTP.

EldoTelecom

AUGUST 29, 2024

billion in construction subsidies appropriated in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 appears insufficient to bring fiber connections to most every American doorstep as with copper telephone lines in the previous century.

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Bill introduced in MN House: HF844 getting more data on broadband deployment from providers

Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

844, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; modifying provisions governing broadband workforce plan data; modifying investigative authority; modifying provisions governing underground telecommunications infrastructure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.395, 395, subdivision 9; 216B.17, 17, subdivision 9; 326B.198,

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End of ACP illustrates need for omnibus reform

EldoTelecom

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

[link] Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Rather than trying to reform legacy subsidy mechanisms created for voice telephone service, wouldn’t public ownership of open access regional fiber to the premises (FTTP) provide a twin win of superior access and affordability?

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Bill introduced in MN House: HF974 related to definition of provider and role of franchise and permitting and more

Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

c) “Broadband infrastructure” means networks of deployed deleted text begin telecommunications deleted text end equipment and technologies necessary to provide deleted text begin high-speed Internet access and other advanced telecommunications services for deleted text end new text begin broadband to new text end end users. (d)

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CEMEX Doubles Down on Edgility: Extends Contract for Company-Wide Edge Computing Platform

TELCO

APRIL 22, 2024

NYSE: CX), a leading global construction materials company, for Edgility, the company’s virtualized edge management and orchestration platform. They offer a comprehensive range of services, including standard telephone, VoIP, high-speed broadband internet, security systems, and app-based TV content.

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Consortium to bring fiber to every American doorstep

EldoTelecom

APRIL 1, 2024

The consortium will finance fiber construction and operations with cash contributions and long term bonds backed by the consortium members along with participation private equity firms. Doing so is consistent with the public policy intent of 1996 Telecommunications Act to timely bring advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans.”

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California's Broadband Program Awards Funds to Tribes and Public Entities

Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

According to the announcement, the Tribe has elected to work with Ponderosa Telephone Company on the project. Cold Springs Rancheria also anticipates partnering with Ponderosa to construct and operate the network until Tribal staff are prepared to take on day-to-day management of the network.

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REV Sponsors School Supplies Drive for Louisiana Students

US Telecom

AUGUST 26, 2024

Counting every box of crayons, markers and sleeve of construction paper can be a bit time-consuming, but it’s a task that the crew does not take lightly as it needs to be tallied correctly to help children all around the parish. Contributions are collected, counted, and divided as equally between the primary and secondary schools in the area.

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Protecting The Nation's Critical Communications Infrastructure From Theft and Vandalism

Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 31, 2025

While these high-bandwidth communications and data lines consist of glass optical fibers typically encased by plastic sheaths and do not contain copper, fiber components are often mistaken for the copper wires in telephone networks. Threats to communications infrastructure are not limited to acts of thieves in search of copper.

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How U.S. telecom policy derailed in early 1990s in slow motion train wreck

EldoTelecom

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Excerpted from Service Unavailable: America’s Telecommunications Infrastructure Crisis U.S In addition to this policy document, the Clinton administration sponsored legislation championed by then Vice President Al Gore, who foresaw the coming role Internet-based telecommunications would play in the future.

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Details on MN Broadband Grant Awards Round 10 (Oct 2024)

Blandin on Broadband

OCTOBER 9, 2024

County: Morrison Representative Isaac Schultz, Senator Nathan Wesenberg Benton Cooperative Telephone Company Buckman Township Grant: $1,248,430 Local Match: $2,318,518 Total Budget: $3,566,948 The Benton Cooperative Telephone Company project will provide high-speed Broadband services to Buckman Township in Morrison County.

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Advocates For Net Neutrality Appeal 6th Circuit Court Decision That FCC Won't

Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

A three-judge panel found last month that the Federal Communications Commission could not classify ISPs as Title II common carriers under the Telecommunications Act, ruling that the “best reading” of the statute required broadband be defined as a less-regulated information service. WASHINGTON, Feb.

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U.S. federal appeals court says FCC’s net neutrality/open internet rules are “unlawful”

IEEE ComSoc

JANUARY 2, 2025

The court ruled that broadband communications, including broadband delivered via mobile networks, is classified as an “information” service rather than a more heavily regulated “telecommunications” service. The court said a recent U.S. “Accordingly, the FCC’s contrary conclusion is unlawful.”

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MN Senate introduces SF2045: establishing Equal Access to Broadband Act; modifying provisions for broadband services and infrastructure

Blandin on Broadband

MARCH 4, 2025

b) “Broadband” or “broadband service” means any a service providing advanced telecommunications capability and that offers to a person or company high-speed Internet access with transmission speeds that, at a minimum, meet the Federal Communications Commission definition for broadband. (b) is prohibited.

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Multiple factors align against universal FTTP over near term

EldoTelecom

MAY 19, 2025

Emphasis added) [link] The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) as the 1996 Telecommunications Act before it states public policy intent of universal advanced telecom service. Similarly, Californias plan stated the Golden State is unable to assure timely construction of universal FTTP infrastructure estimated to cost $9.78

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Women’s History Month: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Anchorage Update: Lessons from the Frontier State

Trending Sources

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

Lutnick’s right. Americans aren’t getting the benefit of the bargain -- of universal service.

Consumer Groups Support EchoStar’s 5G Construction Extension

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

Broadband Breakfast on August 7, 2024 - Live from Mountain Connect 2024

OBD Updates Sep 25: Task Force Mtg notes, funds for Native Entities, Office Hours Sep 26

Minnesota is home to 7 exciting, planned or prospective Native Nation owned broadband networks

Draft BEAD program update would give states more leeway to use LEO, FWA services using unlicensed spectrum when more economical than FTTP.

Bill introduced in MN House: HF844 getting more data on broadband deployment from providers

End of ACP illustrates need for omnibus reform

Bill introduced in MN House: HF974 related to definition of provider and role of franchise and permitting and more

CEMEX Doubles Down on Edgility: Extends Contract for Company-Wide Edge Computing Platform

Consortium to bring fiber to every American doorstep

California's Broadband Program Awards Funds to Tribes and Public Entities

REV Sponsors School Supplies Drive for Louisiana Students

Protecting The Nation's Critical Communications Infrastructure From Theft and Vandalism

How U.S. telecom policy derailed in early 1990s in slow motion train wreck

Details on MN Broadband Grant Awards Round 10 (Oct 2024)

Advocates For Net Neutrality Appeal 6th Circuit Court Decision That FCC Won't

U.S. federal appeals court says FCC’s net neutrality/open internet rules are “unlawful”

MN Senate introduces SF2045: establishing Equal Access to Broadband Act; modifying provisions for broadband services and infrastructure

Multiple factors align against universal FTTP over near term

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