Status Update: Mapping Where Broadband Is—and Is Not—Available in the US
A progress report of the FCC's broadband mapping efforts
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Friday, July 1, 2022
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How many satellites are too many?
Broadband internet satellites are set to sweep the skies over the next decade at a scale never before seen. Just don’t ask policymakers today how exactly we’re going to manage the fallout.
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Cable Subscriptions Continue to Dive
Leichtman Research Group recently released the cable customer counts for the largest providers of traditional cable service at the end of the first quarter of 2022.
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FCC Proposes a $220,000 Fine for Apparent Wire Fraud in the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
The FCC proposes a forfeiture of $220,210 against Kyle Traxler and Cleo Communications for wire fraud in the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program.
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FCC Consumer Advisory Committee Seeks Applications for Membership
FCC announces the anticipated rechartering of the Consumer Advisory Committee and solicits nominations for membership on the Committee.
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FCC Announces Data Specifications for Bulk Fabric Challenge Data
FCC releases Data Specifications for Bulk Fabric Challenge Data, which sets forth the requirements for filing bulk challenges to broadband serviceable location data in the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric.
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States Must Ease Zoning, Permit Regulations for Broadband Buildouts
States must ease regulations surrounding local building permits and zoning that may prevent internet service providers from building broadband infrastructure.
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FCC Announces Conditional Forbearance from Lifeline Voice Obligation
Wireline Competition Bureau Announces Counties Where Conditional Forbearance from the Lifeline Voice Obligation Applies
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Supreme Court Deals Blow to Net Neutrality Rule Fans
The Supreme Court's ruling involving the EPA could be a victory for ISP arguments that the FCC was outside its regulatory lane when it reclassified internet access as a Title II common carrier service.
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First Responders Need Data. Can LTE Networks Come to the Rescue?
Adopting LTE for first responders could eventually help their devices work with 5G, and beyond.
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FCC Grants SpaceX Permission to Connect Planes, Boats and Other Vehicles to Starlink Internet Service
A win for the company as it seeks to broaden its customer base
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Westfield, Massachusetts, Leading with Fiber
This study describes how Westfield, Massachusetts, addressed the need for reasonably priced high-speed symmetrical broadband service through the installation of fiber optic infrastructure.
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Electric Utility Shows Missouri How To Do Rural Fiber
One of Missouri's electric co-ops is showing the rest of the world how to sustainably deliver fiber broadband to low population density regions.
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What do Starlink’s latest Ookla results mean for its $886 million Rural Digital Opportunity Fund winnings?
What happens if Starlink can’t meet the 100/20 Mbps speed obligations attached to its Rural Digital Opportunity Fund projects?
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FCC Opens Inaugural Broadband Data Collection Filing Window
The Broadband Data Task Force announces the opening of the inaugural Broadband Data Collection filing window.
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FCC Announces Nearly $159 Million In Emergency Connectivity Funding
The Federal Communications Commission announces it is committing nearly $159 million in two new funding rounds through the Emergency Connectivity Program.