The Broadband Expansion and Deployment (BEAD) federal grant program is designed to increase broadband access and adoption in unserved and underserved areas. The program provides funding to eligible entities to deploy broadband infrastructure and services in areas that lack access to high-speed internet. Grant programs have already had a positive…

Our unchecked incumbent carriers are quietly raising prices on consumers. Data caps and buffering are becoming commonplace. Carriers are promising “Unlimited” plans when in fact, these plans have thresholds at which your internet will slow to an unusable crawl. New entrants/internet service providers in your market are benefitting from the…

As Charles leased office space in Addison (TX) for his big company move from the West Coast, his focus was “location, location, location.” Having learned this adage in college, Charles surmised that if he was centrally located and with reasonable office space costs, it would work out. Indeed, it was…

Bobby Vassallo Rants I believe that an Einstein exists somewhere in a flyover state, suffering in auto repair shop when he/she should be sitting on a computer with huge broadband capacity, saving the world. My rants are my own opinions; not to be political statements. The reality is, the internet is a weapon, currently being used politically. On the world stage, it is a hacking tool, used on us. Other countries run circles around the US. We only have ourselves to blame.

Ghost towns across the Americas occurred with the advent of our Trans-Atlantic Railroad system. These early cities and towns were either on the tracks or they weren’t. Those that weren’t, moved. As the railroad bought “Rights of Way,” some towns gave free land in order to attract the trains. Without…

“In Texas, All Internet is NOT created equal” As Charles leased office space in Addison (TX) for his big company move from the West Coast, his focus was “location, location, location.” Having learned this adage in college, Charles surmised that if he was centrally located and with reasonable office space…