East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, voted to approve $43.5 million to fund a municipal fiber network despite a plea from Spectrum to 'slow down' the process.

We are 'deeply concerned about some providers' ability to carry out their commitments,' said CWA in a letter urging NTIA to release BEAD performance tests.

The Fiber Broadband Association urged OMB to reconsider rules changes for federal grants, saying they 'could create real risk for broadband deployment.'

Superintendents association tells FCC losing E-Rate may cause school staff cuts and an analyst says cutting E-Rate will be 'negative for all major ISPs.'

After a leaked SpaceX doc revealed an effort by the company to exempt itself from some BEAD requirements, new NTIA guidance suggests that won't be allowed.

New campaign led by Scott Galloway urges users to ditch services from companies that are 'active enablers' of ICE, including AT&T, Charter and Comcast.

The FCC will vote on reforms to the Lifeline program, through which Chairman Carr seeks to ensure that 'only living and lawful Americans participate.'

Here's a recap of how the $42.5 billion BEAD program evolved in 2025, and where the federal broadband program stands heading into 2026.

This year on The Divide podcast, we hosted conversations on progress and setbacks with broadband access, adoption and affordability. Here's a recap.

Move to undo rules comes 'after heavy lobbying from the very telecommunications carriers whose networks were breached by Chinese hackers,' said Cantwell.

Public Knowledge warns the FCC that changing broadband label rules may 'create a permission structure for ISPs to continue to act without accountability.'

FCC's Gomez urges broadband, cable cos to take note of free speech attacks.

House Democrats call for investigation into FCC Chair Brendan Carr following ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.

Several states' final proposals released in recent days show fiber still leads in BEAD location wins.

The third state to release its final proposal for BEAD, West Virginia's revised program will still award 99% of its broadband deployment funding for fiber networks.

This week: Eli Dvorkin and Rachel Neches, from the Center for an Urban Future, join the podcast to discuss their report exploring the extent and causes of the ongoing digital divide in the Bronx, New ...

Advocates for fixed wireless access (FWA) were among the first to cheer the Trump administration's rewrite of the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, but early results show a low le...

New York City will conduct a network design and procurement process this summer for Liberty Link, a pilot program to connect affordable housing buildings in the Bronx and Manhattan to free fiber broad...

California is advancing a broadband bill that was intended to follow in New York's footsteps with a low-cost service mandate. But consumer advocates now oppose the bill over amendments that weaken enf...

This week: Angela Siefer, executive director of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), on the impact of President Trump 'ending' the $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act and how advocates can fig...

This week: Joshua Edmonds, CEO of DigitalC, on the nonprofit ISP's history providing connectivity and digital skills training in Cleveland, and how DigitalC is working to meet its subscriber goals and...

Over 40 fiber suppliers increased domestic manufacturing to comply with the BEAD program's 'Buy America' rules. However, prolonged program delays and a shift away from BEAD's fiber focus could put suc...

Over 100 bipartisan state legislators signed a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick warning that 'mandatory changes' to the BEAD program may delay implementation 'by a year or more' and urging ...

The framework of the Universal Service Fund is 'more likely than not' to be upheld, said Blair Levin after a Supreme Court hearing. But the USF's future could still be muddled by Trump administration ...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford used Elon Musk's social media site X to report that he would be ripping up a contract with SpaceX's Starlink, signed in November, over Trump's tariffs on Canada.

The Trump administration's pause on federal grants and loans is expected to halt the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program and other funds relevant to telecom, but the ov...

Louisiana became the first state to secure final approval of its BEAD plan from the NTIA this week. The state's broadband director expects construction to begin in a matter of months.

Nevada has released its provisional BEAD winners, with grants going to AT&T, Cox, Amazon's Project Kuiper and more. The largest sums, totaling $323 million, will go to local firms Sky Fiber Intern...

This year saw the death of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), and the near-death of the Universal Service Fund (USF) whose fate now rests with the Supreme Court and Congress. Here's a recap, a...

This week: Gigi Sohn, executive director, American Association for Public Broadband, joins the podcast to discuss the rise of public broadband networks, ongoing hurdles to the model, recent public bro...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is demanding the NTIA halt its $1.25 billion digital capacity grant program, claiming the rules violate the constitution. But broadband consumer advocates note the NTIA's rules fo...

In a video call, President Biden spoke to a Wisconsin family over their new fiber line, built and operated by VernonCom, with funds from the American Rescue Plan.

April is the last month the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) will be fully available for its 23 million enrolled households. But broadband advocates say the FCC can still save the program.

The US Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit challenging the FCC's digital discrimination rule, calling the statute 'overly broad.' Simultaneously, House Republicans introduced a resolution seeking to n...

The House of Representatives held an oversight hearing of the FCC on Thursday, focusing on Title II, digital discrimination, spectrum, the ACP and more. Here are the main takeaways.

The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is expected to run out of funding by April 2024 without action from Congress, but sources fear that's unlikely to happen this year.

The FCC's proposed $200 million pilot program would aim to 'help K-12 schools and libraries address the growing cyber threats and attacks against their broadband networks and data.'

This week: Elliot Noss, CEO of Ting, joins the podcast to discuss how the company is reaching underserved urban markets in partnership with communities like Memphis and Colorado Springs, why Ting is u...

In filings with the FCC, groups including NCTA and USTelecom are hinting at legal challenges ahead to the FCC's rules on digital discrimination. The FCC will vote on those rules next week.