The UK has a related challenge. The saying goes that “if you build it, they will come” but not enough have. Only 38 per cent ...

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Some say fiber-optic internet is the gold standard. But new Trump administration rules paved the way for more Starlinks.

Fiber broadband is spreading across the country like a rapidly expanding network of tree roots, passing under more communities every day. Fiber providers reached 7.9 million additional homes in the ...

Talk of improving infrastructure across rural America has dominated the news since the pandemic began — waking the country up to the massive inequities between urban areas and the small towns and ...

Wells Fargo Securities analysts issued a stark warning for cable operators on January 13, 2026, downgrading all four major ...

Headquartered in Opelika, Alabama, Point Broadband is a provider of high-speed fiber-to-the-premise internet in small-town and underserved markets across the US.

Hot on the heels of hitting its first target of making full-fibre broadband available to 4.5 million premises across the UK, broadband provider Openreach has announced a strategic collaboration with ...

Through an emerging technology called distributed fiber optic sensing, cables bringing high-speed internet to American households can be used to detect temperature changes, vibrations, and even sound.

Maine’s governor has pledged that everyone in the state who wants high-speed internet will be able to get it by the end of 2024. In just one small, Down East town, that means installing 60 miles of ...

We’ve all been told to put more fiber in our diets. But we also know what happens with too much fiber in your diet. It isn’t pretty. The same is true for broadband policy. As U.S. policymakers at ...