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OFS' Optical Fiber Selected for Construction of Pennsylvania Research and ... - TMC Net

OFS' Optical Fiber Selected for Construction of Pennsylvania Research and ... - TMC Net | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
OFS' Optical Fiber Selected for Construction of Pennsylvania Research and ...TMC NetMore than 1600 miles of fiber optic cable will be deployed through thirty-nine Pennsylvania counties with a direct connection to over sixty critical community...
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New White Paper: Investing in the middle mile can help communities achieve equity | US-Ignite.org

'Middle Mile as a Catalyst' is a guide the outlines the critical elements for municipalities to consider when investing in middle-mile fiber:
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Cogeco Combines Canadian and U.S. Cable Operations, Breezeline President Frank van der Post Departs | by Daniel Frankel | NextTV.com

Cogeco Combines Canadian and U.S. Cable Operations, Breezeline President Frank van der Post Departs | by Daniel Frankel | NextTV.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Touting what it believes will be a ‘simpler North American’ cable company, Montreal-based Cogeco combines commercial, operational and technical functions of its telecommunications businesses
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High speed internet can be expensive. Do towns in Western Massachusetts hold the secret to sustainable, affordable connectivity? | by Julian E.J. Sorapuru | BostonGlobe.com

High speed internet can be expensive. Do towns in Western Massachusetts hold the secret to sustainable, affordable connectivity? | by Julian E.J. Sorapuru | BostonGlobe.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
With larger providers having little economic incentive to upgrade internet infrastructure, some Western Massachusetts towns created their own municipal broadband networks, treating high speed internet as a public utility.
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Carrier of Last Resort is Still a Thing | by Doug Dawson | POTs & PANs

Carrier of Last Resort is Still a Thing | by Doug Dawson | POTs & PANs | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
I always find it interesting when old regulations bubble up into the news. As reported by Jon Brodkin in Ars Technica, an administrative law judge at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) rejected a petition by AT&T to walk away from its carrier of last resort obligations for voice service. For those unfamiliar with carrier…
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The Future of Broadband: Revisiting Universal Service Fund Reform - Episode 603 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast | CommunityNetworks.org

In this episode of the podcast, Chris talks with Mike Romano, Executive Vice President of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, about the future of the Universal Service Fund (USF). They explore the historical context, current funding challenges, and the need for sustainable reform to ensure ongoing connectivity. The discussion highlights the importance of broadening the funding base to support digital equity efforts across the country.
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Google, Microsoft Layoffs Across Cloud Units Amid AI Efficiencies | by Laurie Sullivan | MediaPost.com

Google, Microsoft Layoffs Across Cloud Units Amid AI Efficiencies | by Laurie Sullivan | MediaPost.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Reasons for the layoffs have not been confirmed, but both companies reported positive results in cloud services last quarter. It's not clear if cuts were due to declining business or efficiencies in
generative artificial intelligence.
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New York Reportedly Set To Bar Social Media Algorithms For Teens | by Colin Kirkland | MediaPost.com

New York Reportedly Set To Bar Social Media Algorithms For Teens | by Colin Kirkland | MediaPost.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The report suggests that lawmakers in New York have reached a "tentative agreement" on the bill introduced last year by state officials, which requires parental consent for algorithmic feeds.
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TDS to Unload Another Non-Strategic Asset, US Signal Will Buy It | by Joan Engebretson | Telecompetitor.com

TDS to Unload Another Non-Strategic Asset, US Signal Will Buy It | by Joan Engebretson | Telecompetitor.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The TDS US Signal deal will put TDS's OneNeck data centers in US Signal's hands so TDS can invest more in fiber buildouts.
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Paramount Agrees To Merger Terms With Skydance, Private Equity: Report | by Jon Lafayette  | NextTV.com

Paramount Agrees To Merger Terms With Skydance, Private Equity: Report | by Jon Lafayette  | NextTV.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
About half of class-B stockholders get $15 a share
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Disney, WBD and Fox Brace for More Congressional Scrutiny | by Lucas Manfredi | TheWrap.com

Disney, WBD and Fox Brace for More Congressional Scrutiny | by Lucas Manfredi | TheWrap.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Disney, WBD and Fox are bracing for more congressional scrutiny after Friday talks fail to satisfy concerns over Venu sports bundle.
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FCC commissioner calls ACP lapse 'penny wise and pound foolish' | Brad Randall | BBCMag.com

Allowing ACP funding to lapse is penny wise and pound foolish, according to FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez.
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Colorado law compels MDU owners to provide access to ISPs | by Brad Randall | BBCMag.com

Colorado law compels MDU owners to provide access to ISPs | by Brad Randall | BBCMag.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Legislation compelling Colorado's MDU owners to comply with requests from providers to install equipment for broadband is on the books.
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CRTC requires online streaming services to contribute to Canada’s broadcasting system | by CRTC | Canada.ca

The Online Streaming Act, which amended the Broadcasting Act, requires the CRTC to modernize the Canadian broadcasting framework and ensure that online streaming services make meaningful contributions to Canadian and Indigenous content.
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Comcast and Charter Are in a Better Position Than Smaller Cable Companies To Resist Fixed Wireless Competition, S&P Global Ratings Says | by Jack Reid | NextTV.com

Comcast and Charter Are in a Better Position Than Smaller Cable Companies To Resist Fixed Wireless Competition, S&P Global Ratings Says | by Jack Reid | NextTV.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Analyst Chris Mooney says smaller MSOs can’t generate the kind of wireless margins needed to offset losses of home internet market share to FWA
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Gigapower Riding the Open Access Network | by Autumn Minnich | FiberBroadband.org

Gigapower Riding the Open Access Network Private capital is opening fiber availability outside of traditional telecom models, with th
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New Report Reveals Community Broadband Making Vermont One Of Best-Connected States in the Nation | by Sean Gonsalves | Institute for Local Self-Reliance | ILSR.org

New Report Reveals Community Broadband Making Vermont One Of Best-Connected States in the Nation | by Sean Gonsalves | Institute for Local Self-Reliance | ILSR.org | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
"If we’re serious about making clean, local electricity available to everyone, everywhere, we can’t leave the utility company abuser in charge,” says John Farrell, the report's author
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Return to the market of the apes | by Derek Robertson | Digital Future Daily | POLITICO.com

The digital frontier is starting to feel decidedly like 2021 all over again, fueled by crypto’s big comeback — and the return of one of our surreal, meme-powered digital landscape’s biggest characters.

 

Keith Gill, better known as “RoaringKitty,” announced his comeback on Sunday after more than two years of inactivity with a Reddit post showing nothing but a multimillion-dollar position in the video game retailer GameStop. It instantly breathed life back into the “meme stock” phenomenon that set Wall Street and regulators alike on their back feet in the early days of the Biden administration, creating a fiasco for the market.

 

Gill’s story doesn’t revolve around cutting-edge generative AI, or a sophisticated messaging campaign, or hopes for a crypto-fueled financial revolution. But if you want to know how technology can really disrupt how things work, it might just be the headline example. He’s the figurehead of a retail stock trading movement that challenged not just institutional power on Wall Street, but the market’s shared, fundamental understanding of whether or not a company is valuable.

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Yellow Springs, Ohio Eyes Next Steps After Successful Fiber Trial | by Karl Bode | CommunityNetworks.org

Yellow Springs, Ohio recently launched a fiber pilot project currently being used by 100 local homes and businesses. While Yellow Springs hasn’t yet determined its next steps, city officials say they considering some type of public-private partnership with Altafiber.
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Our Balkanized Broadband Leadership | by Doug Dawson | POTs & PANs

Our Balkanized Broadband Leadership | by Doug Dawson | POTs & PANs | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Congress inserted an interesting requirement into the bill that reauthorizes the funding for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Both the House and Senate added language that would require that a national broadband plan be created that would try to put the FCC, the NTIA, USDA, and other agencies on the same page. This…
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The Bipartisan Case for the Affordable Connectivity Program | by Mignon L. Clyburn & Michael O’Rielly | DCJournal.com

Today’s interconnected world makes it hard to imagine a day or more without internet access, but that may soon be the reality for millions of Americans when funding for a critical federal program runs out. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) provides a monthly subsidy to eligible low-income households to help pay their monthly broadband bill. To be clear, we’re talking about basic internet access and the doors it opens, not free Netflix.

 

This program has made tremendous progress in getting and keeping low-income Americans connected to affordable broadband, but if Congress fails to fund it this month, the digital divide will widen. Now is the time for lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to come together and fund this popular, empowering, consumer-friendly, fiscally compelling and bipartisan program.

 

 

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Construction on GCI's Aleutian Islands Fiber Project continues | by Brad Randall | BBCMag.com

Construction on GCI's Aleutian Islands Fiber Project continues | by Brad Randall | BBCMag.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
An Anchorage-based ISP has begun construction on an Aleutian Islands fiber project that will connect a dozen communities.
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MN: Paul Bunyan to extend FTTH to Ball Bluff, Cornish and Verdon Townships (Aitkin County) | by Ann Treacy | Blandin on Broadband

MN: Paul Bunyan to extend FTTH to Ball Bluff, Cornish and Verdon Townships (Aitkin County) | by Ann Treacy | Blandin on Broadband | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Aitkin Age reports... Paul Bunyan Communications has announced it will be expanding its all-fiber optic network the GigaZone, to over 240 locations in areas of the Ball Bluff, Cornish and Verdon Townships south of the city of Jacobson this year. Anyone interested in getting connected to the all-fiber optic broadband network should sign up for…
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FCC Ends Affordable Connectivity Program | by George Winslow | TVTechnology.com

FCC Ends Affordable Connectivity Program | by George Winslow | TVTechnology.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The program to subsidize broadband rates ended on June 1 after Congress failed to provide new funding
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Why education will help drive future demand for robust connectivity | by Brad Randall | BBCMag.com

Why education will help drive future demand for robust connectivity | by Brad Randall | BBCMag.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
A more robust demand for connectivity in education, driven by future tech, was a main impression at this year's SXSW EDU.
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Western governors urge Congress, federal agencies to take action to improve broadband access | by Murphy Woodhouse, Boise State Public Radio News | KUNR.org

Western governors urge Congress, federal agencies to take action to improve broadband access | by Murphy Woodhouse, Boise State Public Radio News | KUNR.org | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Reliable, high-speed internet access has long been a challenge in rural parts of the West. Recently the Western Governor’s Association sent letters to Congress to encourage efforts to improve the situation.
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