On July 12, a federal court in Ohio delivered a temporary setback to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) plans to enforce new net neutrality regulations, halting their implementation until at least August 5. The ruling by the U.S. Court of…
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Half of U.S. households that benefited from the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) planned to either cancel or downgrade their broadband service after the ACP’s termination, according to the preliminary findings of a report from the Benton Institute on Broadband &…
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The day before Independence Day, the FCC ruled on the controversial topic of amnesty for RDOF rural broadband funding winners who do not expect to meet some or all their buildout commitments. In nixing the amnesty proposal, the commission outlined…
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The state of Texas has begun accepting applications for nearly $730 million in broadband funding. Applications are due by August 26, 2024. Applicants can request funding for any of 24 counties. Funding targets the two neediest counties in each of…
Regional wireless service provider SI Wireless has given Telecompetitor early access to what it says is a status update filing on participation in the Secure and Trusted Communications Reimbursement (SCRP) Program. The $1.9 billion “Rip and Replace” program aims to…
On July 12, a federal court in Ohio delivered a temporary setback to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) plans to enforce new net neutrality regulations, halting their implementation until at least August 5. The ruling by the U.S. Court of…
SpaceX’s Starlink Mini satellite is now available for everyone in the United States. When the product was introduced last month, it was available only for a select few customers. Starlink Mini is a compact, portable kit designed to be able…
The dependability and speed of internet service among Nebraska residents depends largely on whether they live in a rural or urban area, according to a newly released study of about 1,450 Nebraskans conducted in 2023. Half of those surveyed living…
The COVID-19 pandemic changed things in a lot of ways. When it comes to internet usage, those changes appear to be permanent. That’s the conclusion of HighSpeedInternet’s latest Internet Usage Report, which offered four main takeaways. The first is that…
A partnership between Osage Broadband in Oklahoma and Tarana, a fixed wireless technology provider, will bring broadband to 2,300 square miles of underserved and indigenous communities in Osage County. This broadband/fixed wireless partnership will combine technologies to deliver high-speed broadband…
Brightspeed has been awarded more than $213 million in local, state, and federal grants to deploy fiber broadband networks in 12 states. In North Carolina — Brightspeed’s home state — the Department of Information Technology’s (NCDIT) Division of Broadband and…
Time is running out for the federal government to provide additional funding for the Huawei and ZTE rip-and-replace program, the FCC cautions in a new report. More than 100 providers, many operating in rural areas, are required to replace the…
BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Division (NAD) found that an AT&T ad for its nascent Supplemental Coverage from Space (SCS) service implied that it is available — despite the fact that it is not. The decision was made via a…
Half of U.S. households that benefited from the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) planned to either cancel or downgrade their broadband service after the ACP’s termination, according to the preliminary findings of a report from the Benton Institute on Broadband &…
June was a good month for those who don’t like robocalls, with a decline of 7.9% from May 2024 and 15.3% from June 2023. The total for the month was just over 4.1 billion robocalls, according to YouMail. Using a…
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