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FCC’s rural broadband subsidy reboot proposes faster speeds, but performance is still a question 18 July 2019, by Steve Blum -

Broadband service at 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload speeds “is not a luxury” reserved for people who live in cities and suburbs, according to a draft FCC notice that kicks off the process of rebooting federal broadband service subsidies for rural communities. In August, the FCC plans to vote on a draft notice of proposed rulemaking that would open the door to comments ... continue reading »

California kicks T-Mobile-Sprint deal to September. Or maybe much later 17 July 2019, by Steve Blum -

The California Public Utilities Commission can’t act on T-Mobile’s request for permission to acquire Sprint until the middle of September, at the earliest. Yesterday was the deadline for any proposed decisions – in any proceeding, T-Mobile or not – to be placed on the commission’s 15 August 2019 meeting agenda. The next scheduled meeting after that is on 12 September, which means a ... continue reading »

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