I’ve noted repeatedly how the Trump administration is going out of its way to not only destroy all oversight of the country’s shitty and predatory telecom monopolies, but to eliminate any and all systems that try to ensure that U.S. broadband access is actually affordable. This stuff often runs in parallel to the administration’s brutal […]
A quick refresher: There was originally $42.5 billion in taxpayer-funded broadband grants headed to the states thanks to the 2021 infrastructure bill most Republicans voted against (yet routinely try to take credit for among their constituents). Last election season, Republicans (with Ezra Klein’s help) made a giant stink about how this program, the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment […]
The state’s Public Utilities Commission has been a national leader in making broadband affordable for low-income families. Assemblymember Tasha Boerner wants to end that.
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According to a new report, just 200,000 homes are now forecast to be without broadband in 2034
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Like most of the U.S., Western Massachusetts towns and cities have spent decades dealing with expensive, spotty, and slow broadband from private telecom monopolies like Comcast and Verizon. As a result, a lot of these towns and cities have explored building their own community owned fiber networks. Community broadband has been increasingly popular since COVID, […]
Back in February the Trump FCC announced it was launching new “reforms” of a major bipartisan FCC program that helps poor people afford broadband. Dubbed Lifeline, the program provides a modest $9.25 stipend to help low-income Americans afford either broadband or phone service. Lifeline, developed and supported as a popular bipartisan initiative, is one of […]
He’s got his eye on your retirement savings and his net worth.
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Full Fibre broadband is now available to almost 20,000 homes and businesses across Airdrie thanks to a major investment of around £6m – but many people could be using slower, less reliable connections.
A total of 37 towns and cities in Scotland are set to have their landlines cut in the next wave.
In late 2023, I wrote a feature for The Verge exploring the FCC’s attempt to stop race and class discrimination in broadband deployment. For decades, big telecoms have not only refused to evenly upgrade broadband in low income and poor areas (despite billions in subsidies for this exact purpose), they’ve provably charged poor and minority neighborhoods significantly more money for worse […]
In late 2023, I wrote a feature for The Verge exploring the FCC’s attempt to stop race and class discrimination in broadband deployment. For decades, big telecoms have not only refused to evenly upgrade broadband in low income and poor areas (despite billions in subsidies for this exact purpose), they’ve provably charged poor and minority neighborhoods significantly more money for worse […]
Many internet users often notice the green lights on their Wi-Fi routers blinking continuously, raising questions about what these signals actually mean. These lights are not random; they are part of a built-in system that communicates the status of the device and its connection. Read More: 10 ways to boost your home WiFi signals A router is […]
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched the third and final terabit-class ViaSat-3 broadband satellite toward geostationary orbit April 29, putting Viasat on course to finish a constellation more than a decade in the making.
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Consumers can beat the April price rises by switching home broadband providers and paying nothing for three months.
Households struggling to keep up with rising bills are being urged to seek free debt advice as new figures show more people are reaching out for support.
A quick refresher: there was originally $42.5 billion in broadband grants headed to the states thanks to the 2021 infrastructure bill most Republicans voted against (yet routinely try to take credit for among their constituents). But after taking office this second time, the Trump administration rewrote the grant program’s guidance to eliminate provisions ensuring the resulting broadband is…
Virgin Media is offering new customers up to £250 in bill credit
Hey look everyone! More of that famous populism Trump rode into power on! The Trump FCC has announced they’re rubber stamping the approval of a merger between two of the nation’s biggest cable companies (Charter, Cox), creating the biggest cable company in the U.S. Struggling Americans were surely clamoring in support of their local shitty […]
In late 2024, Trump Republicans killed a very popular program that provided low-income Americans $30 off of their monthly broadband bill. The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) was, unsurprisingly, very popular, with more than 23 million Americans benefiting at its peak. At the time, the GOP claimed they were simply looking to save money. The real reason the program was […]
Mississippi is one step closer to having internet access in every area of the state after the federal government approved the state’s broadband expansion plan on Monday, Gov. Tate Reeves announced Tuesday.
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Virgin Media has announced that it is upgrading customers to faster Wi-Fi 6 technology free of charge throughout 2026
TalkTalk has a major selling point for consumers looking to switch their home broadband.
A thorough assessment of the UK's four main mobile networks has seen EE emerge as the clear winner
The Trump administration keeps demonstrating that it really hates affordable broadband. It particularly hates it when the government tries to make broadband affordable to poor people or rural school kids. In just the last year the Trump administration has: I’m sure I missed a few. This week, the administration’s war on affordable broadband shifted back […]
Virgin Media is giving its TV customers a free entertainment upgrade, adding three brand-new movie channels to its line-up at no extra cost.