Broadband Breakfast on August 12, 2026: Mountain Connect 2026
What's happening this year at Mountain Connect?
How did the broadband industry – wireless, fixed wireless and mobile – perform in Q2 2026?
This panel takes stock of distance learning today, examining connectivity gaps, funding and pedagogy.
How can better broadband help small businesses?
Fiber cuts are disrupting internet, emergency services and other critical communications
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
It named NextNav’s proposal, which the security industry reiterated opposition to.
Once envisioned at $95 million, the buildout will now reach the same locations for a third that cost.
Equipment costs are rising as projects get underway
Changes to the federal broadband subsidy could raise costs and squeeze public services, libraries warn.
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The community's passion was evident at the Vintage Computer Festival held in Silicon Valley in early August.
Established in November 2025, VinSpace aims to become a full-service aerospace company.
'Satellite connectivity is not replacing fiber. It is complementing fiber,' Trusty said Monday in a speech in the Dominican Republic
Republicans were unable to move their bill forward. The measure will determine the future of the USDA’s ReConnect Broadband program.
Operators have traditionally added capacity by acquiring spectrum, building infrastructure or upgrading equipment. Physical AI introduces a fourth lever: extracting more value from assets already deployed.
Still, developers are finding ways to move ahead outside local jurisdiction.
T-Mobile and Verizon are also looking for refunds after the Supreme Court ruled initial forfeiture orders are nonbinding
The state’s telecom regulator is set to vote on the $34.5 billion deal this week at its Aug. 13 meeting
After RiverStreet’s removal, the provider faces an ambitious deployment timeline.
Fiber provider says local permitting requirements near double anticipated project costs
The new bullish spectrum comments came just days after Sinclair CEO Christopher Ripley said he was open to spectrum deals with Elon Musk's Starlink following the transition to NextGen TV
AB 2279 would restore the original scope of California's Regional Broadband Consortia and boost their funding using existing CPUC fee surpluses.