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  • Broad Coalition Urges NTIA to Make BEAD Network Performance Data Public
  • Broadband Adoption Slipping, Researchers Warn Pennsylvania Lawmakers
  • FBA, Benton Pleased By New BEAD Round, Electric Co-ops Want ‘Course Correction’

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Broad Coalition Urges NTIA to Make BEAD Network Performance Data Public

Labor and public interest groups concerned over LEO providers' ability to carry out their commitments.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /2 weeks ago

Broadband Adoption Slipping, Researchers Warn Pennsylvania Lawmakers

Cuts to federal benefits could push 233,000 households off broadband, researcher warns.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 day ago

FBA, Benton Pleased By New BEAD Round, Electric Co-ops Want ‘Course Correction’

Based on tentative location counts, as much as $2.4 billion could be available for additional projects

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broadbandbreakfast.com /3 weeks ago

Digital Equity Suit Paused Until New Funding Notice

NTIA is planning to take applications on reinstated broadband adoption funding in December

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Judge Expects Trump Administration to Reinstate Digital Equity Funding

A federal judge struck down one part of the law standing up the program, which a government lawyer has said would allow the program to move forward

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Michelle Yin: America is Fighting About the Wrong End of the Wire

The real broadband fight isn't over data centers but over whether $21 billion in leftover BEAD savings goes toward helping people actually use the networks being built.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

BEAD Satellite Locations Could Drop 35-42%, Analysts Say

NTIA is asking states to remove locations based on new broadband mapping data

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Commerce Working on New Round of Digital Equity Act Funding

The agency is planning to take applications in December

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 week ago

Broadband Breakfast on September 23, 2026 – Building BEAD

What are the challenges faced by builders under the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program?

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

State Broadband Chiefs Await Guidance on $21 Billion of Remaining BEAD Funds

Four state broadband directors, still awaiting federal guidance on billions in remaining BEAD funds, speak at Broadband Breakfast Live Online event.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /2 weeks ago

NTIA's Roth Celebrates Major Policy Victory – All BEAD Plans Have Been Approved by the Trump Administration

Now it’s up to the 50 states, five territories, and Washington, D.C., to sign contracts with ISPs (or Subgrantees in BEAD parlance) to get the backhoes digging and the networks hum...

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

West Virginia BEAD Projects Kick Off as Other Broadband Projects Finish

The state is wrapping up projects under the American Rescue Plan Act and working with ISPs to navigate permitting for BEAD.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

FCC Ponders ‘Large Scale Changes’ to School and Library Broadband Subsidy

Wireline chief discusses updating the program which supports internet access for nearly all U.S. public schools

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Broadband Providers Praise Some State Pole Attachment Models, Argue Others Fall Behind

Providers say state pole attachment regimes are not created equal as FCC weighs oversight changes.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Virginia Moves Forward on BEAD Contracts

One ISP backed out of a small project, but other winners are scooping up those locations

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broadbandbreakfast.com /3 weeks ago

Task Force Calls for Congress to Cement USF’s Legal, Financial Foundations

Report advocates modernization as FCC considers retrenchment across major programs

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theblaze.com /2 weeks ago

Big Tech gets the network. You get the bill.

The Federal Communications Commission’s latest broadband report makes two things clear: America has made real progress, but the rural job is far from finished.The number of America...

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broadbandbreakfast.com /3 weeks ago

Bob Bartz: The Broadband Map Is Getting Better. Here’s What Still Needs to Change

Faster provider reporting and engineering field data would make FCC broadband maps more accurate, and that matters for investment decisions well beyond BEAD.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 day ago

Penn State Professor Calls for Regulation of Broadband Rates

The idea would represent a significant shift in how policymakers approach the nation’s broadband market.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /3 weeks ago

Most E-Rate Funds Spent in Highest-Need Areas, Researcher Says

In fiscal year 2024, the program spent 62 percent of funding on broadband subscriptions and 35 percent on networking gear

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

From Megabits to Milliseconds

Researchers at national nonprofit Connected Nation contend that policymakers are still focused on broadband speeds while underinvesting in the middle-mile and interconnection infra...

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Broadband Trade Groups Not Fans of Proposed Federal Grant Update

OMB is proposing making it easier for agencies to cancel awards and eliminating milestone-based payments

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Senate Panel Hears Permitting Reform, Fiber Critical to Supporting AI Growth

Witnesses warn existing networks face mounting demand and call for faster infrastructure approvals

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broadbandbreakfast.com /2 weeks ago

Telecom Policy Analyst Blair Levin Leaving New Street Research

The longtime telecom policy analyst didn’t say what his future plans were

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