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US broadband subsidy attracts 1 mln applicants in first week

2021-05-20 15:56:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Over 1 million people have signed up for the new broadband subsidy in the US in its first week, the FCC announced...

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BT vows to give 5m more homes fast broadband

2021-05-13 09:30:37| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The telecoms giant says its new full-fibre investment strategy could create up to 7,000 jobs.

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FCC approves $7.17bn broadband fund

2021-05-11 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

On Monday the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously approved the final rules implementing the $7.17 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund Program. The FCC currently estimates that as many as 17 million children in the US do not have the broadband access required for remote learning, leaving them at a major disadvantage throughout the coronavirus crisis and beyond…read more on TotalTele.com »

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US broadband industry paid for 18m fake comments pushing net neutrality repeal

2021-05-07 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

The Attorney General for New York, Letitia James, is claiming that the US broadband industry may have had a major hand in pushing for the repeal of net neutrality, paying various research companies to bombard the FCC with fake emails. Net neutrality, the concept that broadband should treat all content equally, without blocking, slowing down, or charging to boost certain content, was repealed in 2017 under FCC Chairman Ajit Pai following fierce debate…read more on TotalTele.com »

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