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FCC Broadband Map Moves Into the Next Phase After Challenge Deadline

The FCC has yet to reveal how many broadband availability challenges to its new broadband map were received by the January 13 deadline but given the number of concerns raised publicly about the process, we expect a fairly large number.   Impact: Prior to the deadline last week, FierceTelecom reported that more than 300,000 challenges …

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Smaller Providers Facing Problems Ahead of FCC Mapping Deadline  

Concerns are rising among smaller broadband providers that they won’t be able to meet the FCC’s September 1 deadline to submit their coverage data in order to be eligible for participation in the upcoming Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment program. Impact: The first hint that anything was amiss with the FCC’s broadband mapping schedule came …

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Cable Broadband Feels the Heat in Q2  

Cable operators struggled through a tough quarter of broadband subscriber growth in Q2, with Comcast reporting flat growth (negative on the residential side), Charter sliding into the negative, and Altice reporting its fourth consecutive quarter of losses. All three cable operators attributed some of their struggles to the same issues: low move activity combined with …

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Microsoft Seeks to Fill in the Gaps with New Broadband Mapping Tool  

The FCC plans to unveil its long-awaited new and improved National Broadband Map sometime later this year, but in the meantime telecom providers and other interested parties can consult a new mapping option developed by Microsoft. Impact: It’s well known that the FCC’s broadband map has historically lacked accuracy on broadband availability because it depends …

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Starlink Faces Headwinds — and Tailwinds, Depending on the Source  

It seems like every day there’s a new headline proclaiming good news or bad news for low earth orbit satellite Internet provider Starlink, part of the SpaceX family of companies. Impact: The most recent evidence of that comes from a recent Ookla report using Q1 data from its Speedtest platform. On one hand, Starlink’s median …

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