Brookfield Strikes Deal to Buy Internet Provider Hotwire
Growing consumer demand for state-of-the-art fiber to power their devices has fiber mergers & acquisitions hot
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Friday, June 13, 2025
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Sen Cantwell Sounds the Alarm About Dangers of Republican Plan to Auction Spectrum Essential to National Security, Aviation Safety and the Innovation Economy
“It's the most controversial debate on Capitol Hill that no one seems to know about, and it doesn't break along partisan lines”
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NC Governor Josh Stein Awards High-Speed Internet Projects in 26 Counties, 10,076 Households & Businesses
$58 million to be invested in fiber broadband project funding
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Virginia Office of Broadband Policy Notice on Benefit of the Bargain Round
Updated policies for "Benefit of the Bargain" round
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Cable has the fastest-growing Wi-Fi 7, but Fiber has the fastest Wi-Fi 7 speeds
The growth and performance of Wi-Fi 7
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Fiber vendors will keep on moving despite new BEAD rules
Despite eyeing other opportunities, fiber vendors haven’t given up on BEAD
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EchoStar is in a bleak place right now
Former FCC commissioner Nathan Simington blasted FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s handling of EchoStar proceedings
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Getting Rural America ‘the Benefit of the Bargain’ Rather than ‘the Short End of the Stick’
The BEAD Program presents an opportunity for NTCA members and others committed to rural vitality to deliver the broadband that rural America deserves
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Putting 'Visceral' Reactions Aside, State Broadband Officers Plan to Make BEAD Work
Do states and providers have more flexibility, or less, under NTIA's Broadband Equity Access and Deployment restructuring notice?
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WISPA: Make Sure Reported Unlicensed Coverage is Up to Date
Unlicensed fixed wireless providers have a chance to make their coverage areas ineligible for BEAD funding
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We Need 'Smarter and Faster Rollout of the BEAD Program'
Author of Rural Broadband Protection Act vows to expedite BEAD
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Tech billionaires are making a risky bet with humanity’s future
Journalist and astrophysicist Adam Becker reveals how tech billionaires' fantastical visions conceal a darker agenda
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Sen Lummis Introduces AI Legislation to Foster Development & Strengthen Professional Responsibility
Bill will clarify that when professionals—such as physicians, attorneys, engineers, and financial advisors—use AI systems in their practice, they retain the legal duty to exercise due diligence, verify the system’s outputs, and stand behind the advice they deliver
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Sens Fischer, Luján Announce Bipartisan, Bicameral Universal Service Fund Working Group
Reorganization of the USF Working Group highlights the continued commitment to close the digital divide with solutions that support sustained access to universal connectivity while improving interagency coordination and eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse
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Does Starlink Have the Speeds for BEAD?
According to Ookla's Speedtest data, even though Starlink satellite internet service is improving, it is still not up to speed.
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