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.

Telephone

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.,

Construction

Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Construction is almost done in the areas of Kimberly, Spencer, Jevne, Flemming, and Morrison Townships east of the city of Aitkin and west of the city of McGregor. Anyone in these expansion areas interested in getting connected to the all-fiber optic broadband network should sign up for service now before construction is done.

Communication

Blandin on Broadband

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Construction is done in the Forbes Area SW of Eveleth and the city of Buhl. To check to see if a specific location is within an expansion area and learn more about the expansion construction process, visit [link] Anyone interested in getting connected to the all-fiber optic broadband network in these areas can still sign up for service.

Communication

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.

Broadband

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.

Construction

Blandin on Broadband

MAY 30, 2025

Iron Range Resources reports on a new broadband grant for future deployment in St Louis County… Broadband Infrastructure Grant: $383,000 Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative Grant Amount: $383,000 to construct fiber optics to serve 35 unserved households in unorganized township T62N-R21W in rural Saint Louis County.

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Blandin on Broadband

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Benton Cooperative Telephone Company, the local internet service provider also known as Benton Communications, will fund the remaining 65% of the project cost, with Buckman Township itself contributing an additional $10,000.

Broadband

Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The infrastructure work that started this week follows six months of detailed planning to design the network route, liaison with landowners and communities in the areas that will be connected, and the opening of a new construction base in Codford, where civils operatives delivering the project are based.

Cable

Blandin on Broadband

AUGUST 19, 2024

In December 2022, it was announced that the City of Cloquet, in partnership with Consolidated Telephone Company (CTC), secured funding from the Border-to-Border Broadband program, which is administered by the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED)’s Office of Broadband Development.

Telephone

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.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 16, 2025

Conexon was initially known for rural fiber-optic network design and construction, but launched its own last mile public facing retail ISP, Conexon Connect,  in 2021. Glades Electric Cooperative and Conexon Connect announced the connection of their first fiber customer back in  January of 2024.

Connectivity

Day Wireless Blog

JULY 26, 2024

Lane Falkner has a long history with the company, starting with the Tower Construction team, then the Systems Division, working with Gordon Day, and to the COO position, overseeing all operations. We are all looking forward to this change and confident this is the best move for all stakeholders.”

Telephone

Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 11, 2025

What do construction crews do? My Grandfather's generation built the rural electrification grid, and the telephone network with the help of the first generation of immigrants. They say that you can’t get people to temporarily work and live in these remote areas to build this network. But let me ask this:  1.       What

Entertainment

VoIP Insider

OCTOBER 23, 2024

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USTELECOM

AUGUST 26, 2024

That’s exactly what Coon Valley Farmer’s Telephone Co., Construction season officially kicked off at the end of March, as the company’s crews prepared to tackle “100 miles of territory in desperate need of bandwidth.” It wasn’t all smooth sailing, as construction was stopped by an April snowstorm!

Construction

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.

Telephone

USTELECOM

AUGUST 26, 2024

That’s certainly the case with CentraCom, which has been delivering phone, Internet and cable TV to central, north and western Utah since it was founded in 1903 as the first independent rural telephone company in Fairview, Utah. The city expedited the excavation permits for our fiber install.

Construction

EldoTelecom

AUGUST 7, 2024

In the larger scheme, Pai's suggested allocation of BEAD dollars may be to help ensure projects they fund don't infringe upon the service area "footprints" of large incumbent investor owned telephone and cable companies by steering them away from more densely populated counties.

Telephone

Blandin on Broadband

JANUARY 22, 2025

A Tribally owned entity, Mille Lacs Corporate Venture, began a partnership that year with cooperative Consolidated Telephone Company (CTC). In 2023, the Tribe was awarded a Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program grant to help support the construction of a Tribally-owned fiber-to-the-home network that will be operated by CTC.

Broadband

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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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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Rural Broadband Association

JULY 2, 2024

Green Hills Telephone Corporation (Breckenridge, Mo.) Kingdom Telephone Company (Auxvasse, Mo.) Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company (Green City, Mo). Steelville Telephone Exchange, Inc. Participating Providers Chariton Valley Broadband, LLC (Macon, Mo.) GRM Networks (Princeton, Mo.) Steelville, Mo.)

Connectivity

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.

Broadband

Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

If the commission finds that the conduct damaged or unreasonably interfered with the function of the infrastructure, the commission may take any action authorized under sections 216B.52 52 to 216B.61 61 with respect to the provider. (b) new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end Sec.

Broadband

Day Wireless Blog

JULY 26, 2024

Lane Falkner has a long history with the company, starting with the Tower Construction team, then the Systems Division, working with Gordon Day, and to the COO position, overseeing all operations. We are all looking forward to this change and confident this is the best move for all stakeholders.

Telephone

VoIP Insider

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Bogen Communications 8″ Ceiling Speaker with Off-White Grille, Transformer, and Knob Volume Control S86T725PG8UVK : Offers easy sound level adjustments and durable construction, ideal for offices, schools, and retail spaces requiring clear audio.

Education

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. State and local governments and railroads will be offered fiber connectivity at no cost in exchange for right of way access and waiver of all permitting. “We

Telecommunication

Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A franchise fee that is inconsistent with the express terms of title VI of the Communications Act, United States Code, title 47, section 521, et seq., is prohibited. new text end Sec. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 222.37, subdivision 1, is amended to read: Subdivision 1. Use requirements. Use requirements. Use requirements.

Telecommunication

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.

Distribution

Rural Broadband Association

JULY 18, 2024

Long distance telephone carriers are a thing of the past, and now when we talk about this, we talk about last mile networks. And hopefully it’ll be a constructive outcome. It means that we need to be looking at who that new group of users actually are. And we eagerly wait to see whatever they are able to do in that closed room.

Broadband

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.

Communication

Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 9, 2025

Recipients of the Community Connect program can use the funds for constructing or leasing broadband infrastructure, delivering free Internet service to public institutions for two years, or creating community centers with public Internet access. Applications open on Feb. 20, with a submission deadline of Apr.

Connectivity

EldoTelecom

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It called for the construction of an “advanced National Information Infrastructure (NII),” described as “a seamless web of communications networks, computers, databases, and consumer electronics that will put vast amounts of information at users’ fingertips.” A generation later, it is painfully apparent that it didn’t play out that way.

Telephone

Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

“When you do the high-end research, which will be done here, and you can make the most advanced chips in the world, it makes sure that our military has the edge," Schumer said in a telephone interview. "It Kathy Hochul late last year announced a partnership with the semiconductor industry to fund construction of the EUV Center.

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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.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The CUC, alongside “several parallel initiatives and programs,” constructed more than 360 miles of fiber to over 2000 rural locations in Carver County, wrapping up late last year. That expansion project consists of two aspects: the first being the construction of roughly 80 miles of rural fiber to over 440 locations.

Construction