The inmates are running the asylum....

#nokings @roanokeindivisible.bsky.social @carlquintanilla.bsky.social Best sign yet!!

From inaccurate broadband mapping and over-reliability on industry-provided coverage claims to inconsistent broadband definitions and patchwork federal oversight, a new Pew study examines decades of U.S. broadband policy and found plenty of room for improvement communitynetworks.org/content/pew-...

Military response in L.A. estimated to cost $134 million for 60 days but yet, can't fund National Endowment for the Arts or any of the other institutes they decimated this year.

"Trump's presidency is his piggy bank" From Dominic Lawson @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

In what fantasy land do they think manufacturing of most consumer goods will ever work again in the U.S.? The reason it is overseas to begin with is the fault of many of these same executives who just wanted more profit. That ship sailed a long time ago. #tarriffs

Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon www.politico.com/news/magazin...

The bromance is strong finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-si...

Senator Booker broke Senator Thurmond’s record for the longest speech on the Senate floor. Thurmond used his time to stand in the way of progress. Booker is using his to stand for it. This is powerful. This is the America we’re fighting for. This is our moral moment & we must all answer the call.

This one is doing the rounds. It’s correct.

Shortwave listeners noting China already taking over some frequencies used by VOA and RFA as USAGM has silenced its own transmitters. Especially critical with thousands of casualties in the Myanmar M7.7 quake where survivors would normally be receiving vital info from our Burmese language services.

You can't make this shit up....every headline, every action is like a really bad movie.

I think it is time to re-read Albert Brooks book 2030.

NEW: DOGE can now access a HUD system that includes addresses domestic violence survivors have relocated to for safety, medical records in disability cases and credit reports in lending discrimination cases. Few of the records are redacted or anonymized. By @jessecoburn.bsky.social

Perfect. By @zezvaz.bsky.social

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AI is not just powerful. What’s really worrying is that DeepSeek has made it cheap, too | John Naughton www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Our Community Broadband Networks Team at ILSR made predictions and talked over expectations for 2025 in the latest Community Broadband Bits podcast - low-earth orbit satellite, affordability, tariffs, state preemption laws, and what the FCC might do to create more competition in Internet access.

Verizon adds 372k FWA ; 51K FIOS in 4Q24. 12.3M TOTAL Broadband across consumer/business. #earnings #broadband #VZ

FWA for the first time represented more than 3% of Verizon's wireless service revenue in Q4 24. With FWA, Verizon's wireless service revenue grew 3.1% YoY. Without FWA, 2.1%. Our chart shows that Verizon doesn't grow FWA ARPU, but it added 373k FWA subs in Q4. 10th Q in a row with >300k.

The biggest issue with satellite is capacity, not speed or even latency — Starlink is at capacity in SE England & London. It will always be easier for fiber or cellular to add capacity, except in the most remote areas https://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/10473-starlink-at-capacity-in-the-south-east

I can’t help but feel there are more important issues to address than TikTok. #tiktokban #tiktok

Appreciate how long Gigi Sohn held her tongue about the awful lack of leadership and progress from the FCC during Biden's time in office. But glad she spoke out about a final spineless action as the Chair leaves office. www.linkedin.com/posts/gigiso...

Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes

Australian government investing $3B to aid NBN in upgrading remaining FTTN to full fiber. That’s about $5k per household to upgrade. www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-in... #broadband #FTTH

Portugal, Spain, and Sweden lead Europe’s transition to fibre www.csimagazine.com/csi/Portugal...

With a national election looming, government gives additional $1.9 billion funding to NBN fiber and tries to put its ownership on the agenda. Read more on Light Reading:

I don't know who needs to hear this (me, probably) but it's ok to just stop using platforms and products made by shitty and unethical people without worrying about whether you're single-handedly making any sort of difference

Everything you missed at CES 2025

Never forget, the electric car is here to save the car industry, not cities or the planet.

Excellent summary of the reality facing FTTH equipment vendors that are counting on BEAD for 2025 revenue targets @dougdawsonccg.bsky.social potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/01/10/b... #broadband #BEAD #NTIA #funding

Openreach adds Nokia's Altiplano to help reduce OSS complexity www.nokia.com/about-us/new... #broadband #openaccess

Telstra currently works with Starlink to provide low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite home and small business Internet services and will be adding direct-to-device text messaging services for customers in Australia. Read more on Light Reading:

@karlbode.com I have missed your posts. Glad I found you on here!

Wednesday Thoughts: A reminder when you might be feeling some regret or anger....move on. Its over. Done. Finished. Cannot be changed. What you do now is what matters. #moveone #wednesdaywisdom

Getting started on yet another social media platform is just exhausting... anyone else feel the same? #goodbyetwitter #telecom #broadband #analyst