Wichita Internet Exchange Point Set to Begin Operations in Coming Weeks

A partnership with an AI compute tenant is providing the cash to build more rural IXPs

Texas Halts BEAD Disbursements as New Comptroller Recasts Broadband Office

A broadband mess in Texas

Broadband Grants Paused as Critics Allege Favoritism Toward Elon Musk’s Starlink

An audit is underway, but no completion date has been set.

Watch Out for Pole Disputes, Environmental Permits, Experts say

One engineer suggested outside consultants to support local permitting agencies

Bartlett Cleland: The Market Is Already Solving Dead Zones; BEAD Shouldn't Fund Them

Now that the big three carriers are jointly building satellite direct-to-device coverage, BEAD should stop chasing rural mobile and stick to connecting unserved homes.

Texas Puts BEAD Funding on Hold Over Allegations of Favoritism to Starlink

About $1.2 billion in limbo as the Texas Broadband Development Office deals with criticism, apparently encouraged by Starlink rival Amazon Leo, over how broadband deployment funds were awarded

Massachusetts’ East Longmeadow Votes to Fund $43.5 Million Network

Voters rejected a smaller proposal in neighboring Longmeadow in May.

BEAD Weariness and AI Ambition Collide at Mountain Connect

BEAD delays left Mountain Connect panelists weary, while AI pushes compute toward an edge rural economics struggle to reach.

How Corning is Making Fiber Available for BEAD Winners

Fellow U.S. fiber manufacturer Psyrmian announced Wednesday it was spending $1 billion to expand its capacity at four facilities

Appeals Court Sides With Fiber Provider in Railroad Crossing Dispute

Seventh Circuit says railroads can’t charge fiber providers for access without the property rights to do so

Verizon Offers $25K Reward to Catch Suspects Behind California Fiber Cuts

Fiber cuts are disrupting internet, emergency services and other critical communications

LPTV Stations Pitch FCC on New Datacasting Plan That Preserves Free TV

Unlike HC2 Broadcasting, XGN/X1 Mobile and Tyche Media promise to transmit at least one free over‑the‑air 720p program stream. Proposal would not be open to LPTV stations with cable must carry rights