FCC Extends Deadlines for the Covid-19 Telehealth Program Round 2
The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau extends two deadlines for Round 2 of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program (COVID-19.
July 2022
FCC Releases Form 477 Broadband Data as of June 30, 2021
The Federal Communications Commission's Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA)—in conjunction with the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB)—released updated data on fixed broadband deployment, and mobile voice and broadband deployment as of June 30, 2021. The data includes revisions made by filers through June 28, 2022, while the mobile deployment data include revisions made by filers through November 14, 2021 These data were collected through FCC Form 477 and will be made available on the FCC’s website.
Secret Service may disable iMessages to avoid repeat of Jan. 6 controversy (Politico)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 07/31/2022 - 17:04The GOP went to war against Google over spam — and may win (Washignton Post)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 07/31/2022 - 17:04Presenter: Andrew Afflerbach, Ph.D., P.E., CEO and Chief Technology Officer, CTC Technology & Energy
Moderator: Gary Bolton, President and CEO, Fiber Broadband Association
Mower County (MN) Maps Broadband Expansion for Underserved Areas
Federal and state funds will be used to expand access to high speed Internet in underserved areas of Mower County (MN). While it's getting better, there is still work to do in getting high-speed Internet to all corners of the county.
Scott Wallsten | The FCC Broadband Map Will Be Wrong -- But It Was Always Going To Be (Multichannel News)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 07/29/2022 - 16:47Can plug-and-play fiber tech bridge the broadband labor shortage?
As more fiber rollouts are announced across the U.S., the broadband industry is facing a looming problem: finding enough workers to actually deploy the tens of millions of new passings they’ve promised. Government statistics show the number of telecommunications workers has dropped drastically over the past decade and that figure isn’t expected to rebound anytime soon.