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League of MN Cities recap on SF2045: Community TV grants and HF1740 Equal access to broadband bill

Blandin on Broadband

I have also been following but nice to see what others day During the week of March 17, Minnesota lawmakers considered two bills related to telecommunications and broadband access. Both bills received committee support and were laid over for possible inclusion in future omnibus bills. Check out full article for more details.

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Copper Theft and Vandalism Threatening Critical Infrastructure, Say Industry Leaders

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, March 1, 2025 - Industry associations and local officials are raising alarms about a surge in copper theft and vandalism targeting telecommunications networks, warning that these crimes threaten public safety and disrupt essential services. "Over a three-month period where we focused on our survey.

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Canada’s CRTC Opens Fibre Networks of Large ISPs to Smaller Competitors

Telecom Talk

The Canadian regulator CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) has decided to extend the fiber networks of large ISPs (Internet

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NCTA: Vandalism of Communications Infrastructure on the Rise

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2025 – A new study shows that telecommunications networks are still vulnerable to theft and vandalism. NCTA - The Internet and Television Association, headquartered here, cited an April 9 update that tracked 5,770 reported incidents of vandalism and theft between June and December in 2024.

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Ely City Council supports HF1740 Equal access to broadband bill

Blandin on Broadband

The Ely Echo reports on the City Councils support of ( SF 2045 and HF 1740 ) As consumers choose new ways to access television programming, entities including Ely TV are feeling the consequences. Currently, those fees are only collected for cable television service. Grant Hauschild (D) and State Rep. Roger Skraba (R).

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FCC Flooded With Opposition to NextNav’s GPS Backup Proposal

Broadband Breakfast

A wide range of tech companies, internet providers, and public safety advocates, urged the FCC to reject NextNav’s bid to rework the 900 MegaHertz ( MHz) band as a GPS backup system. BPS would use existing Next Gen TV infrastructure to embed precise timing data in over-the-air television signals.

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MN House Tax Committee laid over for inclusion: HF951: Sales and use tax exemption expanded to broadband

Blandin on Broadband

They started with HF951 (Davids) – Sales and use tax exemption for telecommunications or pay television services machinery and equipment modified, which was laid over for possible inclusion in omnibus.