November 2021

Vexus Fiber Announces Plans to Build Fiber to the Home Network in Alberquerque, New Mexico (Vexus Fiber)

Submitted by grace@benton.org on Tue, 11/02/2021 - 06:34

Comcast Seeks FCC Clarity on Lift Zones Waiver

Comcast wants the Federal Communications Commission to clarify that it can continue its Lift Zone pilot project beyond the 2022 expiration of a waiver it obtained from an E-rate program rule. The FCC agreed in October to let Comcast test expanding its Lift Zone diverse broadband access program from community centers so libraries that receive E-rate funding. It did so by extending its pandemic-related waiver of the prohibition on gifts from providers to E-rate school and library recipients until June 30, 2022.

Best rural internet providers of 2021 (C|Net)

Submitted by grace@benton.org on Mon, 11/01/2021 - 15:43

Frontier Teams Up with eero to Optimize Home Wi-Fi Coverage (Frontier Communications)

Submitted by grace@benton.org on Mon, 11/01/2021 - 15:18

TDS announces plans to build fiber to the home networks in Onalaska and Sparta, Wisconsin (TDS Telecommunications)

Submitted by grace@benton.org on Mon, 11/01/2021 - 15:13

Nicaragua’s government accused by Facebook of running social media troll farm ahead of the country's general election (Financial Times)

Submitted by grace@benton.org on Mon, 11/01/2021 - 15:12

Starlink exits beta stage but faces delays in production due to chip shortages (Ars Technica)

Submitted by grace@benton.org on Mon, 11/01/2021 - 14:04

Multi-gig competition to heat up as fiber takes center stage

Analyst firm GlobalData tipped cable to lose ground to fiber over the coming years as competition among broadband providers peddling multi-gigabit services intensifies. Tammy Parker, principal analyst at GlobalData, said the multi-gigabit marketplace is already heating up despite the fact that very few households actually require such speeds.

Climate-proofing connectivity the only way we can

Being digitally connected is such a central feature of our lives that we don’t often stop to think about how it actually works. Transient data, a combination of ones and zeros, pass through a surprisingly tangible physical infrastructure of fiber optic cables connecting centralized data servers — infrastructure that is vulnerable to an increasingly erratic and punishing climate. The reality of digital disconnection was brought into sharper focus during the COVID-19 pandemic; fundamental aspects of our daily lives shifted online instantly, from schooling to remote work to health care.

Amazon’s Project Kuiper hopes to launch first two prototype satellites in late 2022

Amazon’s ambitious satellite-internet project, Project Kuiper, aims to launch its first two prototype satellites in the fourth quarter of 2022 according to an experimental launch license filed with the Federal Communications Commission. Called KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, the two prototypes are supposed to launch on an experimental new rocket called the RS1, currently being developed by startup ABL Space Systems based in El Segundo (CA).

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