It’s almost impossible to talk about broadband at the community level without talking about resiliency and redundancy. It’s hard to find rural communities that haven’t experienced a broadband outage due to a fiber being cut somewhere. It’s something that regulators talk about a lot, but there are no national or state plans for broadband resiliency. There are no specific standards related to resiliency for large networks.
Small business owners navigate challenges daily, whether it’s adapting to the rising cost of doing business, managing staff and vendors, growing revenue, or delivering a seamless customer experience. Reliable internet shouldn’t be another thing owners have to worry about, especially given the crucial role it plays in overall business growth and success.
Mediacom has increased the download speeds of two of its service tiers and introduced a new plan aimed at economically challenged households that could be a low-cost option for households losing their Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) benefit. The service provider’s Xtream Internet 100 will become Xtream Internet 250, with download speeds increasing from 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) to 250 Mbps. The Xtream Internet 300 tier will become Xtream Internet 500, with download speeds increasing from 300 Mbps to 500 Mbps. The switch will be flipped on the higher download speeds on May 17.
According to new figures from Rewheel, T-Mobile's purchase of Sprint in 2020 helped to keep mobile prices in the US sky high. "Five years on, the Sprint / T-Mobile 4-to-3 mobile merger made the US one of the most expensive mobile markets in the world," the Finland-based research firm wrote in a new report.
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Highways Administration (FHWA), and NTIA will jointly host a webinar on Broadband Deployments in State DOT Rights-of-Way.
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