#smaller-operators

#smaller-operators

"Customers shouldn't have to think about their WiFi: It should just work. By including eero devices with every new plan, we're making it easier for customers to get set up quickly and get strong, fast coverage throughout their homes."

USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture is proud to partner with NSF on this national effort to ensure that every community - including the most rural - can benefit from the power of artificial intelligence. By investing in tools and training that meet farmers and ranchers where they are, we're helping build an agricultural future that is more resilient, more efficient and more accessible for all.

"Access to technology is no longer a luxury - it is essential for education, employment, and healthcare," said Nick Batz, director of the Oregon Broadband Office.

The letter argues that SpaceX is asking the definition of 'standard installation' as shipping in a box - not a working connection - and allowing Starlink to 'falsely demonstrate compliance' with the program's 100 Mbps download/20 Mbps requirements.

"If the router Conditional Approval process follows a similar pattern, Chinese-origin manufacturers like TP-Link may face a presumptive denial, while companies with manufacturing in allied nations like Taiwan, Vietnam, or South Korea could find an easier path."

LiveOak Fiber has achieved rapid expansion in a short period of time. What differentiates LiveOak Fiber is our fiercely local operating model. We have full-time local teams on the ground delivering installation, support, and community engagement, and with this new funding, we are positioned to accelerate our build-out and continue gaining momentum across our footprint.

"We share The Wonderful Company's vision of ensuring the entire Lost Hills community has access to reliable, high-speed Internet," said Matthew Murphy, CEO of unWired Broadband. "We're proud to play a role in making that vision a reality. Partnerships like this demonstrate how collaboration between the public and private sectors can expand critical infrastructure and help ensure families, students, and local businesses have the connectivity they need to succeed."

"The most important aspect of pricing for consumers is knowing their total price rather than an advertised price that comes with hidden fees: 88% of respondents believe all fees should be included in advertised pricing."

Rise Internet represents who we are today and where we're headed. We believe great internet service isn't just about speed or technology. It's about responsiveness, local customer service, honest pricing and a promise to keep improving. Strong internet isn't a luxury utility confined to big city living, it's an essential service that supports work, education, health care and daily life.

The firm's study, 'North American Fiber Broadband Report: FTTH Review and Forecast 2026-2030,' indicates that nearly $200 billion will be spent on fiber over the next five years, highlighting a significant investment in fiber-to-the-home services.

The goal of the new USTelecom program is to show consumers, businesses, civic leaders, and policymakers why maintaining legacy copper for the small portion of end users is not an efficient approach. A key part of this is explaining why modern technology is better.

Eight of the municipal networks studied beat their local provider competitors in median upload speed. Sherwood Broadband - in the town of the same name in Oregon - was the only one to beat its local competitor in median download speed.

The mass roll-out of fibre networks is seen as the key to the expansion of digital services across major economies, but research from Kearney is warning that a €174bn funding shortfall facing Europe's telecoms sector is putting 2030 gigabit and 5G connectivity targets at risk, meaning around 45 million Europeans could remain without adequate high-speed connectivity by the end of the decade.

The service is the result of a UK-first partnership with SpaceX, using Starlink's low-Earth orbit satellites to deliver connectivity direct to mobile devices using O2's licensed mobile spectrum transmitted from space. The switch-on also follows recent approval by UK regulator Ofcom of the UK's first licence for satellite-to-smartphone services.

Wholesale access has been inherently supported by the Broadband Forum's network architecture over the past 20 years, and this project takes the best practices from copper‑based broadband to reshape and evolve them for fiber and cloud networks.

Improved mobile connectivity could help create 49,000 new businesses across the UK and add £6.6bn a year to the economy within a decade, according to research commissioned by VodafoneThree. The modelling, carried out by consultancy WPI Strategy, suggests that stronger and more reliable mobile coverage would unlock entrepreneurship in underserved areas, driving long-term economic growth by 2036.

Spectrum below 1 GHz could significantly boost 4G and 5G coverage in rural areas, according to the report from GSMA Intelligence. Rural areas depend heavily on low-band spectrum because it allows signal to travel further and penetrate better through barriers such as buildings. Rural residents spend twice as much time connected to low bands as their urban and rural counterparts.