Colorado Broadband Office 2024 Year in Review
The Colorado Broadband Office released its 2024 Year in Review, providing progress updates on the goal of connecting 99 percent of Colorado households to high-speed internet. Some highlights include:
April 2025
The inaugural public broadband conference, bringing together public broadband champions, community leaders, policymakers and industry experts for two days of strategy, advocacy, discussions and networking in the nation’s capital.
As momentum grows for community-owned broadband networks and cooperatives, this event will provide an essential space to share best practices, discuss financing, shape public policy, and support the development and expansion of public broadband networks to ensure all Americans have access to reliable, high-speed, affordable internet service.
How for-profit newsrooms can access philanthropic support (Knight Foundation)
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Governor Josh Stein Awards 17 Counties, 11,816 Households & Businesses with High-Speed Internet
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced more than $41 million in Completing Access to Broadband program projects to connect 11,816 households and businesses in 17 counties to high-speed internet. These projects will be funded by more than $29 million from the federal American Rescue Plan awarded by the North Carolina Department of Information Technology and nearly $12.5 million from the selected broadband providers. The CAB program’s procurement process creates a partnership between counties and NCDIT to identify areas that need access, solicit proposals from prequalified internet serv
New York Opens BEAD Request for Applications Period
The ConnectALL Deployment Program in New York has released their Request for Applications for priority, reliable, and alternative technology solutions for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program. The RFA seeks proposals for about $644 million in funding.
Who’s Cleared to Apply for BEAD Broadband Funding? See Our State-by-State Lists
Which network operators have been cleared to apply for funding in the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program? Telecompetitor checked state broadband office websites and polled states to find out. In the process, we obtained answers for most of the states. Rumors continue to circulate that the rules for the BEAD program may change.
Comcast unleashes five-year price lock on broadband
Comcast aims to give its broadband acquisition efforts a shot in the arm with a new five-year price lock that features a few bells and whistles, including unlimited data. It marks the first time the cable operator has offered such a multi-year price guarantee.
ISPs and robocallers love the FCC plan to “delete” as many rules as possible
Industry groups have submitted deregulatory wishlists for the Federal Communications Commission's "Delete, Delete, Delete" initiative that aims to eliminate as many regulations as possible.