Verizon Enlists AI in 5G Network Build-out
Verizon is enlisting artificial intelligence models to help place thousands of 5G wireless transmitters for optimal performance.
August 2021
As Infrastructure Bill Inches Forth, a Rocky, Slow Path Awaits in the House (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/05/2021 - 06:13Senate Infrastructure Final Vote Expected as Soon as This Weekend (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/05/2021 - 06:12Facebook’s ban of third-party researchers ‘deeply concerning’ (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/05/2021 - 06:12Facebook’s Reason for Banning Researchers Doesn’t Hold Up (Wired)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/05/2021 - 06:12Lawmakers Call on Amazon and Facebook to Cease Coordinated Efforts to Discredit FTC Chair Khan (US Senate)
Submitted by grace@benton.org on Wed, 08/04/2021 - 16:04
The State of US and European Broadband Prices and Deployment
This analysis evaluates claims of a “broadband affordability crisis.” First, we review several international comparisons of broadband prices alongside the data on differing deployment. Any consideration of how US broadband prices stack up must take into account such deployment differences as well. Second, we provide a new analysis showing how broadband and telecom industry revenues have significantly declined as a share of the overall economy. Major findings include:
Mediacom kicks off broadband expansion with work in 20 cities
US operator Mediacom revealed work is well underway on a plan to expand high-speed broadband to 500,000 new locations over the next three years, stating construction projects are currently in progress in 20 communities. The company has been working with state and local government agencies in Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin to facilitate its plan.
Corning on fiber momentum: We’ve ‘never seen anything like this’
The current state of the broadband market is unlike anything seen over the past two decades, with operator enthusiasm high and money pouring in from all sides, according to Corning’s Director of Fiber-To-The-Home Market Development Joe Jensen. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Jensen pointed to the pandemic as a catalyst for much of the current activity, noting it validated the idea that broadband is critical infrastructure and helped spur higher fiber take rates among consumers.