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Unanswered Questions – Editorial (Falmouth Opinion)
Unanswered Questions – Editorial | Falmouth Opinion | capenews.net Who are these people? And why, of all things, are they so fixated on Falmouth’s plans to create a municipal broadband network? These are questions that came to mind when we learned of Mass Priorities and its $500,000 campaign to “educate” the public about poor municipal … Read more
American Association for Public Broadband (AAPB) Statement on Dark Money Attacks on Utopia Fiber and Traverse City Light & Power
American Association for Public Broadband (AAPB) Statement on Dark Money Attacks on Utopia Fiber and Traverse City Light & Power Last week, an organization called the Domestic Policy Caucus (DPC) launched a project titled Nogovinternet.com, with a website and series of ads attacking, among others, Utopia Fiber and Traverse City (MI) Light & Power, both … Read more
Alternatives to BEAD’s Letter of Credit Requirement issued by NTIA
This morning, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued guidance setting out four alternatives to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program’s requirement that broadband providers seeking funding obtain an irrevocable letter of credit of 25% of the award amount, issued by a Weiss bank with a B- rating or above. Flexible alternatives … Read more
Coalition proposes alternatives to NTIA’s contentious BEAD rule
By Julia King Sep 6, 2023 06:00am FierceTelecom An open letter submitted to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) this week proposed several alternatives to its contentious letter of credit (LOC) requirement for the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. The letter had nearly 300 signatures, including leaders from organizations like the … Read more
Push against BEAD letter of credit gets more ISP support
News Analysis NICOLE FERRARO, Editor, Light Reading 9/6/2023 A letter signed today by nearly 300 ISPs, municipalities and broadband industry experts is urging NTIA Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to ditch a letter of credit (LOC) requirement for participants in the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, and … Read more