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Brightspeed reaches over 100, 000 locations with fiber in Arkansas
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (196+ words) Posted by Brad Randall | Apr 21, 2026 | BEAD, COMPANY NEWS, Construction, Digital Access, Fiber Broadband, Funding, Investment, Networks, NEWS, TECHNOLOGY Brightspeed says its fiber network build in Arkansas has reached the halfway mark, with company crews reporting that 50 percent of the planned…...
USDA seeks to cut Re Connect rural broadband grant program
13+ hour, 48+ min ago (340+ words) Posted by Brad Randall | Apr 20, 2026 | BEAD, Funding, Governance, LAW & POLICY, NEWS, Rural A proposed 2027 budget by the USDA has a 19 percent decrease in discretionary spending'and would eliminate the agency's Re Connect grant program for rural broadband. In rural America, the…...
Go Netspeed achieves 100% fiber coverage in North Hamden
2+ week, 5+ day ago (278+ words) Posted by Brad Randall | Apr 1, 2026 | COMMUNITIES, COMPANY NEWS, Deployments, Digital Access, Fiber Broadband, Investment, Labor, Network Expansions, Networks Internet provider Go Netspeed said Wednesday that North Hamden has become the newest Connecticut community to achieve 100% fiber-optic internet coverage. The company,…...
Wire 3 lights up first fiber internet customers in Lake County, Florida
1+ week, 4+ day ago (246+ words) Posted by Brad Randall | Apr 9, 2026 | COMPANY NEWS, Construction, Fiber Broadband, Investment, Network Expansions, NEWS Residents and businesses in parts of Leesburg are now being connected to a new fiber-optic internet network, Wire 3 announced, marking the company's first active hookups in…...
Preseem Launches Its First Proactive ISP Virtual Summit
1+ week, 4+ day ago (328+ words) Posted by Rosie Foster | Apr 9, 2026 | AI, COMPANY NEWS, Networks, Press Releases, Products, TECHNOLOGY The summit's theme, "AI in Action", reflects a focused, practical examination of how artificial intelligence is transforming broadband operations for regional and rural ISPs right now. Designed…...
C Spire connects 14k homes, finishes CPF work in Mississsippi
1+ week, 5+ day ago (291+ words) Posted by Brad Randall | Apr 8, 2026 | Construction, Deployments, Digital Access, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Funding, LAW & POLICY, Networks, NEWS C Spire announced this week that it has completed its work under Mississippi's allocation of the federal Capital Projects Fund, saying the company provided…...
New FCC actions to streamline retirement of copper networks
1+ week, 6+ day ago (304+ words) Posted by Brad Randall | Apr 7, 2026 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Governance, Investment, LAW & POLICY, Network Upgrades, Networks, NEWS, TECHNOLOGY A set of new policies and procedures adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will streamline the process for retirement of legacy copper networks,…...
Mediacom announces expanded service offerings in Jefferson City
1+ week, 6+ day ago (283+ words) Posted by Brad Randall | Apr 7, 2026 | COMMUNITIES, COMPANY NEWS, Investment, Network Upgrades, NEWS, Products Mediacom Communications has begun rolling out multi-gigabit and symmetrical internet service in Jefferson City, Missouri, the company announced, promising higher upload and download speeds and lower latency…...
Why Flagstaff's public-private partnership is a model of success
2+ week, 14+ hour ago (690+ words) By: Gary Bolton, President and CEO, Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) Flagstaff's estimated cost to build its own limited fiber network for government use to connect 34 city-owned facilities ran towards $20million dollars, far outside of the city's budget. It had examined building…...
Tarana says Starlink's BEAD antics "pulled the rug out" from NTIA
2+ week, 4+ day ago (267+ words) Posted by Brad Randall | Apr 2, 2026 | BEAD, Digital Access, Funding, Governance, LAW & POLICY, LEO, NEWS, Rural, TECHNOLOGY Starlink's push for state broadband offices to accept their riders earlier this year did more than undermine confidence in the federal government's massive broadband…...