Analysis & commentary on America's troubled transition from analog phone service to digital advanced telecommunications and associated infrastructure deficits.
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Infrastructure is a long term, high cost investment. PA policy reflects prioritization of lower cost, shorter term incremental "broadband" paradigm. asc.upenn.edu/sites/default/…
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15 Years Later: North Carolina’s Municipal Broadband Ban benton.org/blog/15-years-lat…
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Dave Wechsler: The Case Against Defunding Terrestrial Broadband
Satellite has brought availability to remote regions. But availability is not infrastructure.
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#California PUC resists AT&T bid to end Title II COLR requirement. AT&T backed bill would shift regulatory oversight to state “broadband office” as Title I info service.
California Assembly Member Moves to Strip CPUC Broadband Oversight, Undermine Affordability Efforts | by Karl Bode | CommunityNetworks.org
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FCC eyes concrete steps to streamline broadband deployments - Broadband Communities bbcmag.com/fcc-eyes-concrete…
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Not surprising. If the public policy goal is to make "broadband" more accessible and not explicitly to build #FTTP telecom infra, LEO tech is incentivized since it provides "broadband."
Pennsylvania "has relied heavily on lower-cost, less reliable technologies such as satellite broadband, rather than prioritizing long term infrastructure investments like fiber." asc.upenn.edu/sites/default/…
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Pennsylvania "has relied heavily on lower-cost, less reliable technologies such as satellite broadband, rather than prioritizing long term infrastructure investments like fiber." asc.upenn.edu/sites/default/…
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"[T]hrough its network of nine Communications Union Districts (CUDs) – put it in plain terms: plans are now in place to bring broadband to more than 99 percent of Vermonters." communitynetworks.org/conten…
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Silence when the call does not go through middleman handoffs. potsandpansbyccg.com/2026/05…
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FCC Chairman Carr’s Broadband Mapping is Rewarding Fraudulent Claims of Coverage: Where are the… by @Brucekushnick medium.com/p/fcc-chairman-ca…
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"It obviously plays a "critical role" in rural and low-density areas where it's difficult to run fiber or even fixed wireless access (FWA)." lightreading.com/satellite/s…
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Got FTTP? Nvidia’s New Partnership Wants to Put Mini AI Data Centers on Your House inc.com/moses-jeanfrancois/n…
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"the program once billed as “Internet for All” is expected to reach fewer households and businesses under the revamped plan, and experts say closing the remaining gaps will require sustained investment."
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Early signs of a massive federal broadband expansion effort are beginning to reach local communities.
via @dailyyonder
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.@SiFiNetworks Open Access Operator SiFi Sold
A Dutch pension fund manager and German investment firm acquired the company for an undisclosed sum.
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“…you had some people where a $150,000 fiber run to a house that was worth $100,000. It was crazy town. So, we rebid it, without any technological limitations… And we executed the plan for $21 billion exactly according to the statute. Half the money.”broadband.io/c/get-broadband…
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Anecdote driven program policy. Clearly off the grid prems.
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The magical economic thinking at the center of the 1996 Telecom Act: Why Al Gore’s Information Superhighway wasn’t built. eldotelecom.blogspot.com/202…
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