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April 2025

What’s Your Broadband Journey?

Anybody who was using computers before 2000 can describe a broadband journey of how they communicated over the years. That journey mostly describes the broadband choices we each had in our neighborhood. I've had a lot of broadband products over the years, but I think the 1 Mbps DSL modem from Verizon was my favorite. It was 30 times faster than dial-up and, for the first time, I felt freed from the limits of the connection technology. At the time, that was enough speed to do anything I wanted. I’m also still nostalgic about the beeps and boops of my first modem.

Google ad monopoly ruling's surprise winner

OpenAI wasn't mentioned once in a judge's 115-page decision against Google over its dominance of the online ad market—but the Chat

AT&T brings smartphone-like upgrade program to fiber

Speeds and pricing are still core attributes of today's home broadband services, but service providers are continuing to expand into other aspects of broadband focused on better Wi-Fi and an overall improved customer experience. AT&T's fiber platform already has speed on its side, but the operator is putting more focus on in-home Wi-Fi with the launch of a new package called "All-Fi Pro." The new package features a Wi-Fi 7 gateway, Wi-Fi extenders, and an advanced form of ActiveArmor, an Internet security service that includes a home-side VPN.

Here are the FCC rules that telecommunications companies wants to kill

It looks like there are lots and lots (and lots) of federal regulations that US telecommunications industry players want to end. Some of the rules are relatively major, like a requirement that companies disclose network outages or security breaches. Others are very minor, such as a requirement to use the Federal Communications Commission's aging and complex spectrum-management database. Some rules touch on hot-button issues in the current political climate—for example, rules about tracking workforce diversity and others focusing on TV broadcaster ownership.

Comcast’s new pricing is a big step in the right direction

As cable grapples with declining broadband subscribers and increased competition, Comcast unveiled a new pricing play that could turn the ship around for the industry, according to analysts. The operator is now offering a five-year price guarantee for new broadband customers—a plan that starts at $55/month with no annual contract required.

I’ve noticed that telecom operators are cleaning up their data disasters

I’m sensing a trend within telecommunications: Operators are on a mission to clean up their company records. They’ve been limping along for years—even decades—keeping track of their business records in multiple antiquated systems. Many of them have an even bigger mess because they’ve acquired smaller companies over the years, and those companies came with different antiquated record-keeping systems, which were never fully integrated into the larger company. This is probably for a few reasons.

Analyst Highlights Four Possible Paths for BEAD Rural Broadband Reforms

The U.S. Commerce Department appears to be shooting for mid-May to announce anticipated reforms to the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment rural broadband funding program, according to Washington insider Blair Levin. In a research note, Levin said the four options under consideration include:

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