Private equity and broadband internet expansion | The Broadband Community
Telecom companies are churning out fiber-backed bonds to private equity firms in an effort to finance new fiber-optic networks. Altogether, they’ve issued $4 billion in…
Co-Ops Can Look to Counties for BEAD Match Requirement
Darren Farnan, chief operating officer of rural electric co-op United Fiber, said counties can help co-ops with the matching piece required by the BEAD program…
Liquefying Infrastructure Demo: Justin Kilpatrick, Althea
If this topic about emerging technologies is of interest to you, please request an invitation to our private group, Infrastructure Finance, where we discuss how…
[Link] Preempting Local Government (actions by big ISPs to preempt local government authority)
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3557
The bill is H.R. 3557, the American Broadband Deployment Act of 2023. This legislation would preempt a host of current rights of local governments to manage…
The Future is Within Reach: How Public Banking and Employee Ownership Can Create Resilient Local…
By Alison Lingane, co-founder of Project Equity Source: The Future is Within Reach: How Public Banking and Employee Ownership Can Create Resilient Local… Employee ownership…
Ace BEAD Implementation with Data-Driven Principles
Optimize your state’s BEAD allocation to set up generations of success. Successful state broadband offices are guided by data-driven decisions in setting goals and measuring…
Underline’s affordable fiber program challenges incumbents
Fiber network provider Underline Infrastructure announced the launch of its Opportunity Program to provide low-cost, high-tier internet service for households that qualify for the federal…
Deb Simpier explains Althea and Hawk on CBAN Podcast
Thank of Althea as like the free, open source Linux. Then Hawk Networks is like Red Hat. The future of the Internet can be decentralized…
Hawk Networks and RuralUrban Labs announce a joint partnership to establish a 5G Zone and “HardTech” Autonomous Agriculture Testbed + Broadband to rural Indiana
RuralUrban Labs, a “HardTech” research and development organization headquartered in the historic Camden Opera House, which has placed special emphasis on the societal implications of…
[Link] Introducing iFi, Infrastructure Finance
https://communityinter.net/groups/ifi-infrastructure-finance/
iFi (Infrastructure Finance) is a new market segment that applies blockchain technology to the funding and ownership of infrastructure. iFi is permiss…