Congress
Luján Introduces Bill Requiring Automatic Refunds for Service Outages
Most providers require customers to request credits for outages themselves.
Congress
Most providers require customers to request credits for outages themselves.
FCC
Letters of inquiry signal a continued push to target fraud in USF.
Expert Opinion
Arkansas connected all of its unserved locations using less than a third of its BEAD allocation, leaving $650 million for broader investment.
Broadband Mapping and Data
Proposed measure would give the state new authority to collect independent data on speeds, outages, and provider performance.
Data Center
Northern Nevada's data center boom is forcing a small California utility to find a new power source within a year.
BEAD
Officials resisted pressure to scale back resiliency standards on the territorywide broadband project.
Data Center
The issue may have already hardened into a defining political issue of 2026.
The company said it has first active subscribers on BEAD-funded infrastructure.
Recipients can request a six-month extension after citing permitting delays, material shortages, and weather disruptions.
The carriers said they’re looking to foster competition in the direct-to-device space.
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Better Broadband, Better Lives
Starlink's parent said 'the long-standing problem of high-speed broadband network access has effectively been solved, rendering most legacy High-Cost support mechanisms redundant'
The company said it has first active subscribers on BEAD-funded infrastructure.
The low-Earth orbit satellite provider doubled its global subscriber base in 2025.
Communities see setbacks in broadband access a year after funding loss.
Recipients can request a six-month extension after citing permitting delays, material shortages, and weather disruptions.
Median usage for fiber subscribers is triple that of cable's DOCSIS platform, report says.
The order eliminating 386 wireline rules is scheduled to take effect June 15.
Rural carriers urged the agency to take up a rulemaking on the MVNO marketplace.
As broadband becomes the delivery layer for AI-driven public services, agencies must build audit rights, explainability, and override authority into procurement contracts.
Charter reached settlements with two intervenors in California’s review of its Cox acquisition.
Residents have opposed a 10,000-acre data center suggested in March.
The state’s broadband office has a goal of achieving universal access by 2029.