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Updated, interactive map Community Network Map from ILSR

Blandin on Broadband

Communities invest in telecommunications networks for a variety of reasons – economic development, improving access to education and health care, price stabilization, etc. This map tracks a variety of ways in which local governments have invested in wired telecommunications networks as well as state laws that discourage such approaches.

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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

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

Broadband Breakfast

installs, is retail pricing, no Starlink contribution in this formula. So, again, what is in the three-to-six-fold estimates ($10B to $20B) over the retail cost of 6.4M The State of Maine plan validates the retail pricing plan with their $5.4M get revenue rather than pay retail for 6.4M Starlink installs? Is the U.S.

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

Blandin on Broadband

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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What is the cost of VoIP for small business?

VoIP MS

It works as a connector between your VoIP provider and the traditional telecommunications network. Unlike traditional telephone providers, VoIP works differently regarding service bundles. Say you have a small retail business that’s starting to gain traction. There’s also the case of scalability.

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