• Broadband Industry Tells FCC Their Customer Service Is Great, Nothing To See Here [techdirt.com]
• AT&T targets 50M fiber locations by end of 2029 [lightreading.com]
• US plan to protect consumers from data brokers faces dim future under Trump [arstechnica.com]
• FCC, USAC: Be Wary of Providers Still Collecting ACP Data [telecompetitor.com]
• The FBI and CISA give US telcos best practices to harden their systems against attacks, as senior US officials say Salt Typhoon hackers remain on their networks [axios.com]
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• Supreme Court To Decide Whether Helping Poor Rural Americans Get Broadband Is ‘Unconstitutional’ [techdirt.com]
• On BEAD and rural broadband, don't lose sight of the goal [lightreading.com]
• These MVNO pioneers want locked phones to go away [fierce-network.com]
• T-Mobile and AT&T's hypocrisy come to fore during the holiday shopping season [phonearena.com]
• The CFPB proposes a rule to limit data brokers' ability to sell Americans' personal and financial info, after the National Public Data breach earlier in 2024 [theverge.com]
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• FCC approves Starlink plan for cellular phone service, with some limits [arstechnica.com]
• Biden FCC Boss Rosenworcel To Step Down, Can’t Be Bothered To Express Alarm At What Comes Next [techdirt.com]
• Cruz hates a lot of the Infrastructure Investment law, including BEAD [fierce-network.com]
• Telco security is a dumpster fire and everyone's getting burned [theregister.com]
• Telstra snaps up Boost Australia for $94M [lightreading.com]
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• ISPs Say Their "Excellent Customer Service" Is Why Users Don’t Switch Providers [arstechnica.com]
• The FCC approves a license for SpaceX and T-Mobile to use Starlink to offer supplemental coverage from space in a bid to extend internet access to remote areas [reuters.com]
• Charter Begins Deploying Wi-Fi 7 Routers for Spectrum Customers [telecompetitor.com]
• SCOTUS to wade into USF fight, but fund still faces 'existential threat' [lightreading.com]
• Game console makers rethink selling more powerful machines, as performance improvements become less dramatic and consumers can't tell between 4K and 8K graphics [bloomberg.com]
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• DirecTV Terminates Dish Merger [lightreading.com]
• Ted Cruz wants to overhaul $42B broadband program, nix low-cost requirement [arstechnica.com/]
• Why Google's Chrome monopoly won't crack anytime soon [theregister.com]
• Verizon's latest DAS deployment isn’t as lame as it sounds [fierce-network.com]
• Who Runs the Internet? Misconceptions About ICANN [icann.org]
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• Universal Fiber Access Could Add $3T to U.S. Economy: Report [telecompetitor.com]
• The plummeting value of 5G mmWave spectrum [lightreading.com]
• FCC chairwoman announces departure, paving way for Republican majority [arstechnica.com]
• Net Neutrality Is Dead As A Doornail Under Trump 2.0 [techdirt.com]
• Microsoft President Brad Smith calls on Donald Trump to "push harder" against cyberattacks from Russia, China, and Iran amid a wave of state-sponsored hacks [ft.com]
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• Under Trump, Satellites Could Steal Fiber's BEAD Bonanza [lightreading.com]
• Comcast to ditch cable TV networks in partial spinoff of NBCUniversal assets [arstechnica.com]
• Press Glosses Over Fact Trump’s FCC Pick Will Decimate Consumer Protection, Media Consolidation Limits [techdirt.com]
• T-Mobile to Appeal NAD Finding on Ad AT&T Complained About [telecompetitor.com]
• Streamlabs: Twitch accounted for 82.3% of total Q3 streaming hours, with YouTube Gaming in second place at 5.6%; Kick grew 204% from Q2 2023 to Q3 2024 [tubefilter.com]
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• T-Mobile's foreign owner to trigger review of UScellular deal [lightreading.com]
• A year after ditching waitlist, Starlink says it is "sold out" in parts of US [arstechnica.com]
• Streaming TV Enshittification Will Continue Until Morale Improves [techdirt.com]
• Sony launches cloud streaming on the PlayStation Portal in beta, letting PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers in some countries stream select PS5 games [theverge.com]
• Netflix’s Poor Streaming Quality Of Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson Fight Has Resulted In A Class-Action Lawsuit, But Streaming Executive Says The Event Was a ‘Huge Success’ [wccftech.com]
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• US lawyers will reportedly try to force Google to sell Chrome and unbundle Android [theverge.com]
• Trump's health secretary pick Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr. has said wireless tech might make you sick [lightreading.com]
• Pointless DirecTV, Dish Merger Already On The Edge Of Collapse [techdirt.com]
• Starlink Deal Targets Enterprises With LEO Satellite SD-WAN [telecompetitor.com]
• Two Baltic Sea internet cables, connecting Lithuania with Sweden and Finland with Germany, were suddenly disrupted, sparking concerns of Russian sabotage [cnn.com]
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• Trump names FCC commissioner Brendan Carr as FCC chair [bloomberg.com]
• Is satellite broadband good enough to deliver internet for all? [fierce-network.com]
• Netflix says 60M households watched the Paul vs. Tyson boxing bout live around the world, peaking at 65M concurrent streams [theverge.com]
• Upstream Broadband Traffic Continues Disproportionate Growth: OpenVault [telecompetitor.com]
• China calls for unified 6G standard [lightreading.com]
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• Charter strikes deal to acquire Liberty Broadband [lightreading.com]
• Broadband data consumption growing, but pace of growth is slowing [lightreading.com]
• Jeff Bezos’ Space Company Joins SpaceX To Win Major Phone Satellite Internet Contract [wccftech.com]
• Supreme Court Helps AT&T, Verizon Avoid Accountability For Spying On Your Every Movement [techdirt.com]
• Cyberattack on US Telecommunications uncovered as part of larger Chinese surveillance operation [aninews.in]
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