• Broadband Labels Now Required for Larger ISPs

    Broadband Labels Now Required for Larger ISPs Larger internet providers– those with 100,000 subscribers or more — are now required to meet previously established broadband label requirements. April 10 was the deadline for those providers. Smaller providers have an additional six months to comply. The FCC requirements Telecompetitor

  • Here's Where to Find Verizon and AT&T Broadband Facts For Plans

    By April 10, the FCC asked all broadband providers in the US to list broadband facts or labels on their sites that provide easy-to-digest information about their wired and wireless plans. These labels would be used like the nutrition labels on food are, in a way that lets you know the straight-forward details without having … Continued Read the original post: Here’s Where to Find Verizon and AT&T Broadband Facts

  • Broadband Director: Ohio Has “Very Competitive” and “Aggressive” ISPs

    Broadband Director: Ohio Has “Very Competitive” and “Aggressive” ISPs Ohio has “very competitive” and “aggressive” broadband providers, which bodes well for the state’s goal of making broadband available statewide, said Peter Voderberg, chief for BroadbandOhio, in an interview with Telecompetitor. He points to the fact that the state received Telecompetitor

  • The Three Pillars to Building—and Retaining—Broadband Customer Loyalty

    The Three Pillars to Building—and Retaining—Broadband Customer Loyalty In today’s world, there’s simply no way to overstate the importance of connecting to broadband. However, many rural communities are still underserved or unserved. To thrive, these communities need access to the same technology, and opportunities, as people living in Telecompetitor

  • Tribal Program Is the Latest Oversubscribed Broadband Funding Program

    Tribal Program Is the Latest Oversubscribed Broadband Funding Program NTIA has received applications requesting a total of $2.64 billion in the current round of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program. There is a budget of $980 million for this round of funding. A total of 160 applications were received. The Telecompetitor

    • CNET

    Decoding FCC’s ‘Broadband Nutrition Labels’: What You Should Know

    You can now find basic information like speeds, price increases and data caps without digging through the fine print.

  • ACP Rally and Next #B4DE Event Spotlight Broadband Affordability

    ACP Rally and Next #B4DE Event Spotlight Broadband Affordability Sean Gonsalves sean Thu Apr 25, 2024 Thu Apr 25, 2024 Mark your calendars for the April 30 Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) Rally and upcoming Building for Digital Equity Event focused on Pathways to Affordable Connectivity.

    • CNBC

    Comcast beats earnings estimates even as it sheds more broadband subscribers

    Comcast beat first-quarter earnings expectations on Thursday.

  • Op-Ed: New federal regulation threatens rural broadband

    Main Streets where everyone knows your name, tight-knit communities that come together to share and solve problems, and backroads that wind through crop fields as far as the eye can see. These are only a few examples of what made my experience growing up in small-town Iowa – and all those in rural communities across the country – such a special one. Unfortunately, more and more of our rural friends feel left behind and disconnected from a shared future of progress with their...

  • 80% of UK Homes Can Now Get Gigabit-Capable Broadband

    More and more houses in the UK are getting gigabit-capable broadband, claims UK regulator. United Kingdom's gigabit-capable broadband proves to be continuously reaching more and more houses as 80% of households can now get gigabit-capable broadband, according to Ofcom's latest market update.

  • Agency bars Chinese telecom carriers from offering US broadband services

    The Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday it is ordering the U.S. units of China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile to discontinue fixed or mobile broadband internet operations in the United States. The FCC said it was requiring the Chinese carriers to discontinue services within 60 days of the effective date of the net neutrality order approved on Thursday. The order also applies to Chinese telecom Pacific Networks and its wholly owned subsidiary ComNet.

  • Internet providers like AT&T and Verizon lobby against lower broadband prices

    "As officials have looked to put their money towards closing the digital divide, internet providers like AT&T and Verizon have been very aggressive in lobbying back," said The Washington Post's Tony Romm.