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FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel warns Congress that not funding ACP will 'cut families off'
With the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) set to run out of funding in early 2024, the importance of sustaining the program took center stage with House Democrats at a Federal Communications Commission oversight hearing. The hearing was the FCC's first before the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee and touched on a range of issues from improved broadba
Former FCC Commissioner O'Rielly: ACP should be extended but modified
Former FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly called the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) "the best mechanism we've had to date" for subsidizing low-income broadband. But he added that the current Congress is unlikely to pass funding for the ACP without changes to the program. According to O'Rielly, Congress will want to address waste, fraud, and abuse with the program, and likely limit its eligibility. By some estimates, up to 40% of Americans currently qualify for the program. "That's probably not suitable for policymakers that I talked to on Capitol Hill.
Google Fiber won't 'directly' participate in government funding programs
The bulk of Google Fiber's buildouts is focused on cities and towns that are getting broadband service from incumbent cable operators and telephone companies.
MoffettNathanson: US cable captured 75% of mobile net adds in Q1 (Light Reading)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Wed, 05/31/2023 - 12:50Podcast: USTelecom's Jonathan Spalter on striving for universal connectivity (Light Reading)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Wed, 05/31/2023 - 12:50Footprint expansion key to Comcast's road to broadband subscribership growth, CEO says
Comcast doesn't expect to generate much broadband subscriber growth in the near term, but the operator is holding fast to an expectation that the picture will change… eventually. Comcast grew its broadband base by a mere 3,000 broadband subscribers in Q1 2023. Comcast, like other cable operators, is weathering a mix of factors in the broadband market.
Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T CEOs all promise 5G growth (Light Reading)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Wed, 05/24/2023 - 13:49Rural Tennessee co-op a year ahead of schedule on fiber buildout
The state of Tennessee is expected by some estimates to receive as much as $896 million through the federal government's $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program.