Ergen's 'sweetener wasn't sweet enough' in Dish/Direct TV deal (Fierce)
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Charter Begins Deploying Wi-Fi 7 Routers for Spectrum Customers (telecompetitor)
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Podcast | What's the Story? Calix, Amazon and the big bad wolf of broadband (Light Reading)
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States are using digital equity plans to demonstrate how successful digital inclusion efforts can advance progress toward other goals, including improvements to civic and social engagement, economic development, education, health care, and delivery of essential services. For example, broader availability of affordable high-speed internet and digital skills can help residents access government services online, apply for jobs, take online classes, and use telehealth resources. Although these tasks are not the direct focus of the federal Digital Equity Act, measures that boost broadband adoption will enable more households to reap the benefits of the digital economy and multiply the effects of federal infrastructure dollars.
On this week’s Fiber for Breakfast, Kathryn de Wit, Project Director of The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Broadband Access Initiative, joins Gary to discuss the economics and impact of digital equity investments. Topics will include:
- Aligning larger policy priorities with digital education
- States setting priorities based on local economies, priorities and industries
- The role of digital equity in enabling full participation in the modern economy and society
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November 26, 2024
Grafton County, New Hampshire's second-largest county, began a $17 million project to construct a 200-mile fiber-optic middle-mile network. The initiative, led by the Grafton County Board of Commissioners and the county’s broadband committee, with infrastructure provider eX² Technology, aims to transform connectivity in 25 municipalities across the county that currently lack reliable Internet access. The project was spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and revealed the dire need for broadband expansion across rural Grafton County. The project is partially funded through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure grant program. Nearly $12 million of its $17 million budget came from this federal funding; the county provided the remaining amount. The middle-mile network will connect Grafton County’s communities to a central hub at Plymouth State University. Hub66, a local internet service provider already active in rural Grafton County, has partnered with the county to support and maintain the network. Construction is already underway, and is expected to be done in December 2025.
N.H. County Underway on $17M Middle-Mile Broadband Build
November 26, 2024
Consumers shopping for new devices and considering making changes to their existing home or mobile broadband service plans this holiday season may find that some internet service providers have not updated their websites and other marketing materials to reflect that the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and its monthly discount on broadband services ended on June 1, 2024. Some provider websites even continue to collect personal information from consumers seeking enrollment in ACP. The FCC and the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), the ACP program administrator, have reminded providers that failing to accurately update websites and materials to reflect that the ACP has ended may violate the Commission’s ACP rules that prohibit providers from engaging in false or misleading advertising of the ACP. If you encounter a website claiming to provide an ACP benefit or seeking personal information for ACP enrollment, file a complaint by visiting the FCC’s Consumer Complaint Center.
Consumer Alert: Some ISPs Advertising Affordable Connectivity Program
Bluesky Says It Will Comply With EU Rules (Bloomberg)
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Internet Service Providers Say It’s a Good Time to Redesign the Universal Service Fund (telecompetitor)
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Rep Curtis wants FCC to create AI tool for identifying scams (nextgov)
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November 26, 2024
Information on racial disparities in Maryland housing and neighborhood conditions, as well as the current and ongoing work of the Department to address inequities. Highlights efforts toward reducing digital redlining in Maryland through statewide investments and the Maryland Digital Equity Plan. A lesser-known consequence of disinvestment, “digital redlining” refers to the underdevelopment of broadband infrastructure in low-income neighborhoods. Maryland’s rural counties are particularly hard hit by digital redlining, since Internet service providers, directed by the profit motive, are unlikely to build infrastructure in outlying areas without government support. A second, equally pernicious form of digital redlining is common in Maryland. Without the skills and devices required to connect to the Internet, low-income households – in all geographies and of all races – lack the consistent access to jobs, education, medical care, and more that the Internet confers. Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development's (DHCD) Office of Statewide Broadband has invested over $100 million to redress both forms of digital redlining. Recently published, DHCD’s Statewide Digital Equity Plan will direct DHCD’s efforts to grant nonprofits, local jurisdictions, and “anchor institutions” such as prisons and libraries monies for the skills training and device distribution that are required to achieve high-speed, affordable Internet for all.
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Publishes Just Communities Baseline Report