Charter Announces First Quarter 2024 Results
Charter Communications reported financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2024. Highlights included:
April 2024
Conversations about the safety of youth online are dominating headlines and dinner table discussions. U.S. lawmakers’ concerns about the negative impacts of unfettered access to online content and social media on young people’s mental health and safety have led to a flurry of legislative activity. In 2023, more than 60 bills were introduced at the state and federal level requiring greater parental consent, age restrictions, and/or safety-by-design measures online. One popular approach to protecting kids—mandating age verification—is poorly understood and may pose more risks than benefits.
Fybe Completes Fiber Connectivity Builds in Gates County, North Carolina (Fybe)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Fri, 04/26/2024 - 11:29
NTIA has recently announced significant progress to remove permitting barriers to broadband deployments funded by Internet for All initiatives. The “Permitting and Environmental Information Application” is a publicly available GIS-based tool that NTIA developed to assist industry with early identification of permit requirements and NEPA considerations. NTIA will demo the application and highlight other recent developments supporting efficient broadband permitting.
Jill Springer
Senior Policy Advisor for Permitting
Chief Environmental Review and Permitting Officer
Twin Valley Expands to Abilene, Kansas with 8 Gigabit Fiber Network (Twin Valley)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Fri, 04/26/2024 - 11:15
Navajo County (AZ) and eX² Technology Join Forces to Expand Broadband Capacity
Navajo County Board of Supervisors and eX² Technology joined together with Governor Hobbs (D-AZ), community members, elected officials, and local, state, and national leaders to celebrate the official groundbreaking and construction of a more than 100-mile open-access, dark fiber middle-mile network infrastructure to expand broadband throughout Navajo County (AZ). The network will provide Navajo County with the ability to sustain the broadband capacity to support municipal fiber,
Astrea Connects 1,000 Customers with Fiber Internet in Platteville, Wisconsin (Astrea Connect)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Fri, 04/26/2024 - 11:05United Communications, Middle Tennessee Electric Expand Williamson County Rural Fiber Investment To Target 8,000 Addresses
For residents in rural areas of Williamson County (TN), the wait for fiber internet service may soon be over.