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  • Updated Census of Tribal Internet Networks Shows Movement in Bridging the Digital Divide Across Indian Country
  • City to Connect to Chicago Via Fiber Optic Line Beneath Lake Michigan
  • Bhavin Gandecha: Broadband Programs Are Deciding the U.S. Technology Race

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broadbandbreakfast.com /4 weeks ago

Updated Census of Tribal Internet Networks Shows Movement in Bridging the Digital Divide Across Indian Country

Institute for Local Self-Reliance Releases Comprehensive 2026 Census of Tribal Broadband Networks

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broadbandbreakfast.com /3 weeks ago

City to Connect to Chicago Via Fiber Optic Line Beneath Lake Michigan

Benton Harbor, Mich. gets 75-year lease plus free internet in City Hall.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 week ago

Bhavin Gandecha: Broadband Programs Are Deciding the U.S. Technology Race

A broadband program can be on track and still be strategically wrong. 

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Panelists Consider BEAD Performance, Compliance and Affordability

Experts say connectivity gains are real, but affordability and oversight will determine BEAD's lasting impact.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

NTCA Asks NTIA for BEAD ISP Receipts

The broadband trade association wants greater transparency for BEAD buildouts.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Experts at Free State Event Warn Against Expanded Federal Role in Broadband, Media Regulation

Speakers at the foundation’s 20th anniversary luncheon criticized the Universal Service Fund and questioned the FCC’s broadcast public-interest standard.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Study: Bulk Broadband Cuts Gigabit Prices in Half

Consumers would pay $5.6 billion more annually without bulk arrangements, a new study finds.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /5 days ago

Wireless Infrastructure Association Nabs $30 Million for Workforce Development

Pew said in a recent paper that states have multiple avenues for shoring up their workforces ahead of BEAD

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Is Broadband's ‘Price War’ Real? Not Everyone Agrees.

Industry filings to the FCC offer competing views on whether consumers are benefiting from broadband competition.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

NTIA Defends BEAD Pole Rules

Providers anticipate understaffed cities, utilities being a deployment challenge.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

USTelecom: Broadband Is Getting Faster and Cheaper

Gigabit subscriptions have grown fivefold since 2020 as network investment surge.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Gigi Sohn: The Town BEAD Forgot

In Louisiana's poorest parish, a $6 million BEAD fiber award became a $150,000 Starlink contract under the Trump administration's rewritten program, leaving Lake Providence behind.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

House Dems’ Bill Would Provide Broadband Discounts in Public Housing

The Department of Housing and Urban development would cover up to the lowest cost broadband plan available in the area.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

NTIA Leader Roth Emphasizes Importance of BEAD Deployments

The Trump administration official expressed excitement over the program’s expansion and hopes to see more progress.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Operators: Smart Communities Need More than Fiber, They Need Government Engagement

A Nebraska fiber provider built a wireless network into every city router that school-issued Chromebooks connect to automatically, turning any home into a homework spot.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Study Shows ISPs Kicked in $11.4 billion in BEAD Matching Funds, Topping 25% Legal Minimum by 12 Percentage Points

Internet providers have pledged $11.4 billion in matching funds — 37% of project costs and well above the program’s 25% minimum

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Roth Provides BEAD and Spectrum Updates

The NTIA administrator discussed some of the challenges and updates facing the administration.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /3 weeks ago

Cleveland's Performance-Based Broadband Model Drives Rapid Growth

Tarana's fixed wireless technology and a public-private partnership powered DigitalC's more than 10K-strong Cleveland buildout.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Executive Director Molinaro Retiring from Broadband Association of Arkansas

Joe Molinaro has served as Executive Director since 2008

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Gigi Sohn Favors Banning Private Equity from Majority Stakes in Broadband ISPs

Sohn says private equity should not control more than 50% of a broadband ISP.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

FCC to Vote on ‘Top-to-Bottom’ E-Rate Review, Local Permitting Shot Clocks at June Meeting

Also on the agenda: subsea cable security licensing, 911 reliability, and emergency alerts.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /6 days ago

Connected Nation Attempts to Set Guinness World Record with 25 Hour LiveStream

The non-profit is seeking to earn the title for 'longest internet literacy live stream’ for its 25th anniversary.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 week ago

South Carolina Cuts BEAD Recipients in Half

State and federal American Rescue Plan Act funds take eight ISPs out of the BEAD program.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /2 weeks ago

Angie Kronenberg Joins Public Knowledge’s Board of Directors

The former FCC advisor and INCOMPAS president brings a wealth of experience to the advocacy group

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