This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,284 people, 36 businesses, 696 farms and three educational facilities in Beaver and Cimarron counties in Oklahoma and Union County in New Mexico. Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc. will make high-speed
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 875 people, 30 businesses, and six educational facilities in Nome Census Area in Alaska. Mukluk Telephone Company Incorporated will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's
This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 3,570 people, 558 farms and 72 businesses to high-speed internet in Benton, Lane, Lincoln, and Polk counties in Oregon. Pioneer Telephone Cooperative will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline
The FCC has issued a public notice to provide "guidance to entities seeking designation as Lifeline Broadband Providers. For more information, read more here.
A federal appeals court has struck down the FCC’s attempt to preempt state laws in Tennessee and North Carolina that place restrictions on the ability of local municipalities and municipally-owned utilities to provide municipal broadband services. Read more here.
The FCC adopted an Order on Reconsideration and Second Report and Order on April 28, 2016, reaffirming its decision to create the Citizens Broadband Radio Service in the 3550-3700 MHz (3.5 GHz) band, and finalizing technical rules. Read more here.
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission circulated Tuesday a final proposal seeking approval for a $9.25 monthly subsidy for low-income Americans to get broadband Internet access. Read more here.
