The BEAD Plan for Western North Carolina: What You Need to Know
Starting on September 27, 2024, Western North Carolina (WNC) was battered by wind and flooding from Hurricane Helene, the costliest natural disaster in North Carolina history.
September 2025
Meta offers agencies access to its open source AI models through OneGov deal (nextgov)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 09/22/2025 - 06:26
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The BEAD Plan for Western North Carolina: What You Need to Know
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
What Jimmy Kimmel's suspension says about the FCC's influence on broadcasters (National Public Radio)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Sun, 09/21/2025 - 18:47
House Panel Considers the Role of Permitting in Broadband Deployment
Much has been said about the national broadband deployment process being undertaken with the support of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program. On September 18, the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing to discuss 29 (yes, 29!) bills aimed at streamlining the broadband permitting process to expedite deployment. At the hearing, the subcommittee sought to understand how permitting processes create deployment challenges for internet service providers.