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Minnesota ISPs are protesting new legislation that includes labor provisions about prevailing wages and certification programs ISPs warned that the legislat | Minnesota ISPs are protesting new legislation that includes labor provisions about prevailing wages and certification programs.
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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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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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Allowing ACP funding to lapse is penny wise and pound foolish, according to FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez.
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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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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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The Appalachian Regional Commission has awarded $32,235,629 to the West Virginia Department of Economic Development to enhance broadband service across the state. Broadband, which provides continuous high-speed internet, is often difficult to access in remote areas lacking infrastructure such as fiber-optic cables or transmission towers.
West Virginia is significantly behind other states in broadband access, with over 300,000 households underserved and ranking second-worst in the nation for coverage. Recent efforts to expand broadband coverage have brought increased attention and investment to the state.
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This week: Digital equity advocates Shayna Englin (California Community Foundation) and Kevin Miller (Fresno Coalition for Digital Inclusion) on digital discrimination in California and a new legislative effort to end it.
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Frontier has launched a fiber securitization offering of $750 million that will be used to pay down its term loan and might also be applied toward investments and for fiber expansion and copper migration strategies.
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As the new wave of artificial intelligence systems quickly comes under the microscope of law and policy, an intriguing question is becoming central: How does AI un-learn?
That might seem like a strange goal, considering the amount of energy dedicated to getting AI systems to learn faster and more efficiently, inhaling ever more information.
But the owners of that information also have a stake in what happens.
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Big news from HBC... Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. (HBC) announced today it will invest more than $1.4 million over the next few months to continue the expansion of its “Flight Fiber” multi-gig fiber-optic network to the homes and businesses in Winona, Minnesota. Engineering and construction to extend HBC’s “Flight Fiber” Fiber-To-The-Premise (FTTP) network to an…
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Based and serving parts of the Twin Cities, USI today announced an Affordable Connectivity Plan. Here's hoping more providers are able to follow suit... USI Affordable Connectivity Plan USI Fiber is committed to providing all community members access to an affordable and reliable internet connection. Recognizing the importance of internet connectivity in today’s digital world, USI Fiber…
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Meta and Alphabet's share of digital ad spending fell to 46.6% in 2023, The Trade Desk reports.
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An Anchorage-based ISP has begun construction on an Aleutian Islands fiber project that will connect a dozen communities.
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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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The program to subsidize broadband rates ended on June 1 after Congress failed to provide new funding
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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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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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There was an interesting paper published in May – Who is using the internet at faster speeds? The authors are Roberto Gallardo, the vice President for Engagement at Purdue University and Brian Whitacre, a Professor and the Jean & Patsy Neustadt Chair in the department of Agricultural Economics at Oklahoma State University. The paper highlights…
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Five-year-old OXIO is connecting to telecom networks, so you don't have to. The company's CEO said his platform takes the best parts of telecom networks and layers services on top.
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The Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program holds exciting potential for members of the NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association, but there are wrinkles to be ironed out, says the group's CEO, Shirley Bloomfield.
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Mike Dano, in LightReading recently quoted Sowmyanarayan Sampath, the EVP and CEO of Verizon's consumer business, as saying that Verizon expects to have 4 to 5 million FWA customers at the end of 2024, up from 3.4 million at the end of the first quarter of 2023. Mr. Sampath says that Verizon’s current network can…
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Joshua Rothman joins Geoffrey Hinton on his island and learns why the neural-network pioneer thinks A.I. systems, like Open AI’s ChatGPT, could grow too smart to remain under our control.
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More than a dozen internet service providers have agreed to continue offering discounted internet plans to low-income households through the end of 2024, as the federal program subsidizing the discounts comes to an end, the Biden administration announced Friday.
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Companies like Amazon and Microsoft are racing to set up new data centers in Europe, but behind the scenes there's concern about how provide them enough power to meet AI's demands.
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