Nicole Ferraro

AAPB will match communities seeking to launch public broadband with those that have done so successfully. 'I'd like to double the number of people who are served by public broadband in the next five years,' says AAPB's Gigi Sohn.

The 2024 election outcome will have implications for various broadband policy matters, 'though not always in ways conventional wisdom suggests,' said New Street Research analyst Blair Levin.

This week in broadband builds: Local service providers win in another Minnesota broadband funding round; Verizon, GoNetspeed pick up grants in Rhode Island; C Spire expands fiber in Laurel, Mississippi.

Q Link CEO Issad Asad admitted to personally receiving 'approximately $15 million from Q Link as a result of the fraud,' according to the US attorney's office for the Southern District of Florida.

This week in broadband builds: Connecticut awards $28 million to four providers (but mostly Comcast); GoNetspeed expands in Kennebunk, Maine; Race Communications connects initial customers in Palmdale, California – and more.

A regularly updated list of every company self-certifying their compliance with 'Build America, Buy America' rules for the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.

This week in broadband builds: Lyte Fiber invests $15 million in Baytown, Texas; Metronet available for most homes in Jacksonville, North Carolina; Brightspeed live in Butler, Pennsylvania – and more.

In a letter to the FCC, a group of researchers said that low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite launches should be paused until 'national and international environmental reviews can be completed.'

This week in broadband builds: Tennessee awards $34.5 million for last-mile infrastructure; LiveOak Fiber progresses in Savannah; unWired starts work in Parlier, California – and more.

This week in broadband builds: Consolidated's Fidium Fiber under construction in multiple regions; Comcast heads to Pixley, California; RightFiber starts work in Paducah, Kentucky – more.