#TheDivide: John Horrigan, senior fellow at Benton, joins to discuss new data showing billions in lost savings for consumers and the economy due to the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). Read more on Light Reading:
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Light Reading is an independent B2B digital media platform providing daily news, analysis and insight for the global communications networking and services industry. Our broad readership and solid reputation make us the leading resource for telecom, mobile and cable network operators, cloud services players and all the companies that develop and supply them with technology, applications and professional services. Light Reading has over 500,000 qualified registered users, our websites attract over 1.3 million monthly page views and our newsletters are sent out to 220,000 opt in subscribers. Our brand is also active across all social media channels, with over 100,000 members and followers. The Light Reading Group incorporates a dedicated research division Heavy Reading, over 15 successful annual industry events including its flagship Big 5G Event (formerly the Big Communications Event), several targeted online communities (including Security Now, Connecting Africa and Light Reading Broadband) that dig even deeper into key areas of the global communications industry and its sister industry news site Telecoms.com. Light Reading is the go-to, independent online news analysis and opinion portal for the global communications networking and services industry that comprises telecom, mobile and cable network operators, the cloud services players (including the web-scale giants) and all the companies that develop and supply them with technology, applications and professional services. The Light Reading team has been identifying and reporting on the key communications industry trends since the turn of the century and has an unrivalled team of experienced journalists and editors based across North America and Europe that informs and (we hope) entertains those involved in this vital multi-trillion-dollar sector.
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Charter shed 149,000 broadband subs in Q2, attributing about 100,000 of them to the winding down of the Affordable Connectivity Program. Non-pay churn linked to the demise of the ACP will become more pronounced in Q3 and Q4. Read more on Light Reading:
ACP takes a bite out of Charter's broadband base
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#TheBuildout: Lumos to build 2,000 miles of fiber in Ohio; Brightspeed construction starts in multiple regions; Kansas awards go to local providers; Metronet starts $30 million build in North Carolina – and more. Read more on Light Reading:
The Buildout: Lumos makes $230M move into Ohio
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In a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, over 30 industry groups and associations argued that the NTIA's low-cost service requirements for BEAD are unsustainable and requested 'immediate' changes. Read more on Light Reading:
Industry groups demand NTIA relax low-cost service rules for BEAD
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Frontier Internet says it's the first North American operator to demo 100G PON tech with Nokia. The trials were conducted with Nokia in a lab and on Frontier's live network using fiber that's been in place since about 2005. Read more on Light Reading:
Frontier connects with Nokia on 100G PON demo
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The fifth circuit court reversed an earlier decision and ruled the Universal Service Fund (USF) unconstitutional. Industry groups rebuked the ruling and analysts predicted a reversal in the Supreme Court. Read more on Light Reading:
Fifth circuit decision striking down USF a 'severe blow,' says industry
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CEO John Stankey touted AT&T's strategy to combine fiber with mobility, stressing that AT&T is in a 'race to convergence.' Meanwhile, AT&T's fiber and 'Internet Air' products helped drive overall broadband subscriber growth in Q2. Read more on Light Reading:
AT&T in a 'race to convergence,' CEO says
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T-Mobile and KKR have formed a JV to acquire Metronet. The deal will see T-Mobile invest $4.9 billion for a 50% equity stake and 100% of Metronet's residential fiber retail operations and customers. Read more on Light Reading:
T-Mobile expands fiber footprint with Metronet acquisition
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An effective merger of broadband assets would mark the latest telco retreat from full infrastructure ownership but could stoke competition concerns. Read more on Light Reading:
Orange seeks Spanish 'fiberco' with Zegona to slash debt
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The NTIA is kicking off its $1.25 billion Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program today, making $910 million available for community-led digital inclusion initiatives. Grant applications are due in September. Read more on Light Reading:
NTIA makes $910M available for digital equity grants
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