WISPA Statement on Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act

The following statement may be attributed to Matt Mandel, VP of Government Affairs, WISPA – The Association for Broadband Without Boundaries: Washington, DC, February 25, 2025 – Since the pandemic, Congress has appropriated billions of dollars to accelerate the deployment of broadband networks in unserved areas so all Americans, no matter where they live, can get […]

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Funding Freeze Makes More Uncertainty for BEAD

In a sweeping move, and one that may affect broadband, the White House Office of Management and Budget issued a memo ordering federal agencies to “temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not […]

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450,000 Tennesseans are without reliable broadband

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Ken Franks knows a life with unreliable internet to the point it irritates him every day. So much so, he couldn’t Zoom NewsChannel 5 for his interview about what it was like to live without broadband internet. He had to take a phone call […]

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