NTIA Signals It Will Follow Law on Non-Deployment Funds, But Wants More Ideas
As for NTIA’s final guidance on the use of non-deployment funds, it’s another episode of hurry up and wait
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America’s problem with Europe’s online speech rules
Congress has been bristling against the European Union's online speech laws
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Virginia’s Long Road to Universal Broadband
Virginia’s experience underscores a lesson many states are now learning: large-scale deployment is complex, but disciplined coordination, and a strong fiber backbone, creates lasting infrastructure
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How Media Impact Funders supports funders across a complex media ecosystem
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FCC gives Amazon Leo the greenlight to launch more satellites
In total, it's looking like Amazon Leo will have an LEO constellation of more than 7,000 satellites
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U.S. Smuggled Thousands of Starlink Terminals Into Iran After Protest Crackdown
The Trump administration has denied fomenting public unrest in Iran, but the operation shows it has provided covert support to antiregime efforts
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AI insiders are sounding the alarm
Top AI experts at OpenAI, Anthropic and other companies warn of rising dangers of their technology, with some quitting in protest or going public with grave concerns
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Is four nines the new five nines?
As the telecommunications industry switches to software, reliability stops being a given and becomes a casualty
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What Policies Matter to Telco’s Success: Supply Side or Demand Side? Or Something Else?
The relationship between government policy and deployment is complicated
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FTC Chairman Warns Apple Over News Choices On Its Aggregation Site
“The FTC is not the speech police; we do not have the authority to require Apple or any other firm to take affirmative positions on any political issue, nor to curate news offerings consistent with one ideology or another. But Congress mandated that we protect consumers from material misrepresentations or omissions, including when the product or service offered to consumers is a speech-related product.”
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Wishful Thinking: GAO Report Shows the Failure of “Dig Once” Proceduralism
Congress passed the MOBILE NOW Act in 2018
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New Mexico broadband office approves $6.7 million in grants for public Wi-Fi
Funding for the Community Connect Grant Program comes from OBAE’s $70 million Connect New Mexico Fund appropriated by the legislature. That fund was established in 2021 through the Connect New Mexico Act.
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