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eX² Technology, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), and the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) will lease dark fiber along ADOT's Interstate 17 - under the 20-year Indefeasible Right of Use agreement - to Cox Communications. This 141-mile fiber segment leased by Cox will directly support the existing Schools and Libraries Program (E-rate) aimed at connecting Arizona schools and educational institutions along the I-17 corridor. The agreement comes on the heels for eX² Technology's first dark fiber commercialization agreement with Wecom Fiber, announced in late July.

Fiber internet has long been recognized as the "gold standard" of broadband technology, offering the highest speeds and the most reliability. In the recent past, it was only available in some parts of a few major cities. But fiber is growing fast: the Fiber Broadband Association estimates that 76 million American homes have switched to fiber in the past year, a growth of 13 percent.

My father's story exemplifies the experience of long-time AOL dial-up subscribers, who cling to subscriptions like a security blanket, despite better options existing.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) prohibits the government from setting broadband rates that are deemed affordable for low-income access, according to the NTIA.

As part of our return to following the plain language of section 706, we propose to abolish without replacement the long-term goal of 1,000/500Mbps established in the 2024 Report. Not only is a long-term goal not mentioned in section 706, but maintaining such a goal risks skewing the market by unnecessarily potentially picking technological winners and losers.

The Altice deal marks a significant step in the broadband industry as it is the first to utilize asset-backed securitization (ABS) secured by HFC receivables.

Research from Vitrifi indicates that only 3% of fibre broadband operators have fully automated their service provisioning and activation, leading to high costs and customer frustration.

Compared to our 2022 report, projects covered roughly 50 percent more miles, locations, and dollars invested and 91 percent are still building to new locations.

The Better Broadband Infill Project aims to deliver full-fibre broadband access to nearly 1,800 hard-to-reach sites in the Swansea Bay City Region, benefiting economically challenged areas.

"This upgrade represents a shift in networking strategy for Premium Choice, which previously had deployed Cisco core router products."

In its Q4 2024 update, global fixed broadband connections reached 1.5 billion with a quarterly growth of 0.91%, down from 1.44% in Q3 2024.

Neos Networks' study highlights that 96% of UK alternative broadband providers are considering mergers and acquisitions to navigate tough market conditions.

The dollar value is hard to define since some entities submitted more than one proposal per area and we don't yet know which we'll select.