U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis
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Analysis & commentary on America's troubled transition from analog phone service to digital advanced telecommunications and associated infrastructure deficits.
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Vanderbilt Report Argues for 'Dig Once' Policies to Reduce Fiber Instillation Costs Requiring states to lay conduit during road construction would save 70-90% of fiber installation costs, says report https://t.co/7iayVZbsCG
broadbandbreakfast.com
Requiring states to lay conduit during road construction would save 70-90% of fiber installation costs, says report
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"CPUC Commissioner John Reynolds affirmed Verizon’s deployment obligations at today’s voting meeting, while noting the company may apply for state grants to offset costs in more expensive locations." https://t.co/qJwUNOe69v
fierce-network.com
California regulators finally gave Verizon the greenlight for its Frontier mergerThe proceeding spanned several months, including discussions of DEI, deployme | Following the decision from state...
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#California #CPUC demands #FTTP build out as condition of VZ-Frontier merger. VZ balks citing high cost.
lightreading.com
California approval remains a sticking point in the Verizon-Frontier deal, this time over deployment commitments.
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"A decade ago, I would have been laughed out of the room if I had suggested that our scarce national spectrum resource should be used to compete with landline broadband networks."
potsandpansbyccg.com
Telecompetitor recently published an article that cited concerns from analysts at MoffettNathanson Research that wonder about the way spectrum is being allocated for FWA home cellular broadband. It…
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Cutting edge computing and telecommunications. First photons transported (and classical computers) processed binary data. Now as QuBits, they carry quantum state information that can enable emerging quantum computers to communicate and work as single processing unit.
State officials have been positioning New Mexico as a leader in quantum sciences and technologies through private sector help and federal partnerships. via @source_nm
https://t.co/0Wau6Mx8YV
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"One hundred billion dollars in federal funding between 2010-2020 closed the digital divide by less than 1 percent. Why has so much money had so little impact? First, these grants have too often funded technology that is obsolete by the time it is built."
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California BEAD Plan Delayed Again The state said NTIA requested it hold off on publishing the document. https://t.co/AEpMO9sRqp
broadbandbreakfast.com
The state said NTIA requested it hold off on publishing the document.
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First things first: FTTP before retiring copper POTS infrastructure. "If AT&T’s goal is to upgrade services, it should build them out before retiring copper, opponents argue."
calmatters.org
AT&T is fighting to ease regulations requiring landlines, which cost it $1 billion per year in California. It has spent big on lobbying.
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Bill Would Reauthorize And Expand ReConnect To Include Communications Union Districts | by Karl Bode | https://t.co/JE1Gv0kN3a
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Verizon is planning to cut about 15,000 jobs, looking to reduce costs as it contends with increased competition for wireless service and home internet https://t.co/I5QlzXF1fU via @WSJ
wsj.com
The telecommunications company is looking to reduce costs as it works to stem customer losses.
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"NTIA cut the BEAD program funding in half to save money, at the expense of building new networks that would provide solid infrastructure for the next fifty years."
potsandpansbyccg.com
We have several sets of broadband priorities at odds with each other in the country. The federal government is on a big push to move all transactions with the government to digital. The example tha…
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"Fiber is the infrastructure needed to help the overall community, while satellite broadband just helps customers who can afford it."
potsandpansbyccg.com
We have several sets of broadband priorities at odds with each other in the country. The federal government is on a big push to move all transactions with the government to digital. The example tha…
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