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The Supreme Court held oral arguments in Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers' Research, a case challenging the legality of the Universal Service Fund framework.

AT&T is preparing a $5.5 billion bid for Lumen Technologies' consumer fiber operations. If that deal goes through, it would have significant implications for other players in the space—particularly T-Mobile.

Network performance is never more front-of-mind than when a natural disaster strikes and connectivity is a lifeline to first responders, family and friends. But many service providers operate in regions where extreme heat or cold can create year-round challenges to managing their network infrastructure. Kim Bowman-Scott, VP of field operations, west; and Ron Wilson, director of network service operations for Optimum, say extreme heat can cause the most network management headaches.

It was initially viewed as a "once in a lifetime" funding effort, a moonshot geared toward connecting all Americans to the Internet after the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the extent of the digital divide in the US.

Comcast has pushed ahead with a new mobile offering aimed at customers who take one of the operator's higher-end home broadband speed tiers. Comcast combined that announcement with a wave of free speed upgrades—including faster upstream speeds—across its prepaid and postpaid home broadband services. On the mobile end, Comcast is now offering new and existing home broadband customers an unlimited line of Xfinity mobile for a year when they subscribe to broadband speeds of 400 Mbit/s or faster.