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New analysis compares BEAD awards to existing provider footprints
13+ hour, 55+ min ago (417+ words) A new analysis from The Advanced Communications Law and Policy Institute (ACLP) at New York Law School compares the existing footprints of internet service providers to their proposed expansions as part of the $42.25 Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program…...
Robocalls continue to decline, sort of: Report
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (381+ words) Though consumers received just over 3.8 billion robocalls in February 2026 " an eye-popping total " the amount actually was down from the previous month and from the same month in 2025, according to the Robocall Index report from YouMail. The February 2026 total was down…...
Washington, D.C. : No BEAD funds for you
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (392+ words) In an op-ed written for the'Wall Street Journal, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Director Arielle Roth said Washington, D.C. will receive no deployment funds in Broadband Equity, Access, Deployment (BEAD) Program…...
NTIA’s Roth addresses remaining BEAD funds
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (327+ words) The next step is to address what to do with those saved funds. "We appreciate the voluminous and passionate responses to our call for input," Roth said in a prepared statement about the BEAD funds. "Participants and commenters have raised…...
National Broadband Master Plan looks to create secure national network
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (253+ words) NEO Network Development is proposing a National Broadband Master Plan that would establish an underground digital infrastructure alongside interstates, highways, and roads that are overseen by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The group says the best way to create this network…...
Update: New Mexico affordable broadband bill signed into law
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (447+ words) UPDATE, March 6: New Mexico announced today that its affordable broadband bill was signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. The bill makes $10 million available to help low-income families afford broadband. The bill passed the New Mexico House by a…...
Broadband Forum announces Wholesale Access project
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (324+ words) The Broadband Forum has announced its Wholesale Access project, which is designed to provide broadband service providers (BSPs) with clearer guidance on sharing network infrastructure for wholesale use. The Broadband Forum expects the project to spark innovation in a key…...
ACA Connects Summit focuses on factors that raise the cost of business
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (496+ words) There are several current business and regulatory issues that are raising the cost of doing internet and video business for small and medium-sized operators in Rural America. Members of ACA Connects traveled to Washington this week for a summit intended…...
Optimum offers five-year lock on $25 per month fiber service
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (257+ words) Optimum Communications has made a bold move in service provider price wars, introducing a fiber internet tier priced at $25 per month with a five-year lock in. The company said it is introducing the campaign this month with video, audio, social,…...
Oregon Broadband Office opens $6.8M grant cycle for technology grants
1+ week, 1+ day ago (305+ words) Libraries, schools, municipalities (as defined by Oregon statute), workforce training organizations, nonprofit organizations, community health centers, and other community anchor institutions are eligible for grants of up to $250,000 under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Capital Projects Fund (CPF) Digital…...