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July 2022

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $500,000 High-Speed Internet Grant to Ione Band of Miwok Indians

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration awarded the Ione Band of Miwok Indians $459,000 through the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program. The Ione Band of Miwok Indians will use the grant to fund a study to develop a comprehensive high-speed internet infrastructure deployment plan encompassing Tribal Lands in rural Amador County, California. The Tribe intends to focus its plan on needs and gaps associated with its newly acquired 2.5 GHz license from the FCC.

Will Unlicensed Fixed Wireless Technology Make the Cut with the BEAD Program?

One of the biggest surprises in the rules that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued for the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) rural broadband funding program was the agency’s definition of “reliable broadband”—at least with regard to fixed wireless. While fixed wireless using “entirely licensed spectrum or a hybrid of licensed and unlicensed spectrum” was considered “reliable,” fixed wireless “relying entirely on unlicensed spectrum” was not.

Charter Second Quarter 2022 Results

As of June 30, 2022, Charter had a total of 32.1 million residential and small and medium business (SMB) customer relationships, which excludes mobile-only relationships. Charter served a total of 30.3 million residential and SMB Internet customers. Second quarter total residential and SMB Internet customers increased by 38,000 when excluding 59,000 customer disconnects related to the discontinuation of the Emergency Broadband Benefit program and additional requirements of the Affordable Connectivity Program.

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