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  • House Republican Introduces Bill to Extend Broadband Deployment Deadlines
  • House Dems’ Bill Would Provide Broadband Discounts in Public Housing
  • Spectrum Expands Service in Southeastern Ohio

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 week ago

House Republican Introduces Bill to Extend Broadband Deployment Deadlines

The bill would extend the timeline for broadband infrastructure projects to Jan. 1, 2028.

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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

Spectrum Expands Service in Southeastern Ohio

The company connected more than 20,000 Ohio homes in March 2026.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Optimum Urges FCC to Fund Fiber

The company is seeking reimbursements for the shift from C-band to Ku-band.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

New Mexico First to Replace Federal Broadband Subsidy

$10 million program takes effect Wednesday, with potential to expand to $45 million annually.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Wisconsin Fills BEAD Gaps With $60 Million Grant

The state says 30,000 locations are expected to remain unserved after federal deployments finish.

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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

Charter Agrees to Infrastructure Upgrades, Statewide Low-Income Price Locks if California Approves Cox Deal

The company said it would also apply for grant funding to serve all BEAD locations in its footprint if the Commerce Department doesn’t approve the state’s spending plan.

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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

California Regulators to Fund Fiber Projects with $32,000 in Per-Location Costs on Average

In one project, the CPUC is spending $3.8 million to connect 72 unserved locations at $54,100 per location, while the state's BEAD plan calls for funding Amazon Leo at $1,086 per l...

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broadbandbreakfast.com /3 weeks ago

Astound Broadband Declines $90.6 Million in BEAD Awards from Oregon

Like Texas, Oregon made a partial award to Astound, with the ISP saying The Beaver State created ‘significant cost increases due to the network infrastructure build not being conti...

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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 week ago

California Regulators Fund Broadband Projects at $137,000 Per Location

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) hiked the state’s Universal Service Fund tax to help fund the grants.

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ksnt.com /1 day ago

KDOT program to open access to broadband infrastructure

TOPEKA (KSNT) - A new program from the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) allows broadband providers to access KDOT-owned infrastructure. KDOT announced on July 14, it's ac...

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Shentel Completes Fiber Expansion in Campbell County, Virginia

About 4,000 more Virginia locations have been connected to broadband.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Great Plains Communications Says Rural Providers Will Need Support Beyond BEAD

Executive says rising bandwidth demands and sparse population make long-term support necessary.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

FCC E-Rate Inquiry to Ask About Reducing Funding, Expanding School Internet Filters

The agency’s proposal on local permitting shot clocks would ask about extending them to 'commingled' telecom and broadband infrastructure.

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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 day ago

Satellite BEAD Awards to be Reduced

NTIA said the new FCC broadband coverage map showed expanded terrestrial service in rural areas

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nebraskaexaminer.com /1 month ago

A BEAD on Nebraska broadband: State reopens provider applications with over $300M still in limbo

LINCOLN — As Nebraska establishes its first broadband connections through the federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program, the future of more than $300 million i...

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

Optimum Passes 700,000 Mobile Lines

Cable ISP calls milestone a sign of momentum.

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broadbandbreakfast.com /1 month ago

FCC Grants Four More Rip and Replace Extensions

The agency gave 26 participants more time last month.

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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

BEAD Non-Deployment Funds Could Fund Precision Ag. States Are Still Waiting to Find Out

State broadband and agriculture agencies remain siloed despite precision agriculture's growing connectivity demands, panelists said.

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