Nextlink, one of the biggest winners in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, will be using 10 Gbps XGS-PON fiber broadband infrastructure from Nokia to connect 200,000 homes in 12 states; including 6 states that it already serves and 6 new states. XGS-PON fiber technology can be easily upgraded to 25 Gbps in the future.
After more than a year of waiting, Brightspeed finally closed on a $7.5 billion deal to acquire Lumen Technologies’ telecommunications assets in 20 states via its parent company Apollo Global Management.
In the past, the Federal Communication Commission has made sweeping changes that have impacted communities without local input. The federal government is now poised to do the same again. This paper examines the public comment process at the FCC and whether municipal filers ultimately influence the Commission’s decisions. This paper suggests that the FCC must improve its community outreach efforts, specifically through the following suggestions:
The Benton Institute for Broadband & Society is hosting a national dialogue to engage a community of advocates that will contribute to a publication that outlines a collective vision of digital equity.
As part of our $2 billion commitment from 2021 to 2023 to help close the digital divide, AT&T is launching the Bridge to Possibility: Closing the digital divide, together campaign. It is a month-long, company-wide initiative to drive awareness of the digital divide and the collective response needed to address it. We must demonstrate how broadband connectivity tangibly improves lives.
Fiber internet service providers and manufacturers across the US have been building their strategies toward sustainability since as early as 2015. The evolution from hardware-based to software-based networks began in the early 2000s. That was a step toward energy efficiency, lower carbon emissions, a smaller eco-footprint, and the use of more environmentally friendly materials. As the technology evolved, so did environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies. However, one type of network infrastructure has always been sustainable: fiber optics. And it’s not just about clean energy.
Construction of apartments in large, multiple-dwelling-unit (MDU) buildings by nongovernmental builders could set another record this year. Builders received more than 18,000 permits for MDUs with five dwelling units or more in 2021. The properties would contain 552,000 dwelling units, up from 532,000 in 2020.
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