Microsoft Airband News
Microsoft Airband Nextlink Partnership Targets Rural Broadband in Six States
Are you a first time WISPAPALOOZA attendee?
If you are attending the annual WISPA event known as WISPAPALOOZA in Vegas this October as a first time attendee then you may want to check out this upcoming webinar. https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/712802794809924108 You’re going to WISPAPALOOZA for the first time – …
Udemy Course of the week: Python
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FCC Fines AT&T $75,000 for CAFII communications
https://www.lightreading.com/regulation/atandt-amgs-nextlink-fined-by-fcc-for-talking-during-auction/d/d-id/754129? The FCC fined AT&T $75,000 and AMG Technology Investment Group $100,000 for holding prohibited communications during the agency’s CAF II auction last year. The FCC said that Baker was “discussing AMG’s Auction 903 bids, its bidding strategies, and bidding …
Interesting topic on discontinued gear
So an interesting topic came up on Facebook tonight that got me to thinking. As WISPs grow and evolve, what are your thoughts on hoarding gear you have been…
Fort Worth Texas Intelligent building
Fort Worth Home to Texas’ First Intelligent Building
Cambium CEO talks shop
https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/networking/cambium-networks-ceo-on-going-public-5g-and-what-the-xirrus-deal-means-for-partners
Cambium 2019 WISP Survey
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2019WISPsurvey
j2 Briefing: FCC news, Microsoft whitespace, polls
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The j2 Podcast for August 29, 2019 Microsoft is pushing it’s Whitespace product as a solution to the Digital divide. This has been branded “Airband” https://www.multichannel.com/news/microsoft-brands-rural-divide-national-crisis The FCC The commission unanimously voted to distribute more than $20 billion of Universal …
Circle City Con 7.0
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/circlecitycon-70-tickets-62810947234 Continuing our year after year record breaking attendance, CircleCityCon 7.0 promises to test our limits and deliver to you a conference unique from all the others. Since Circle 1 we have delivered trainings for free with the option to …
Google voice to do away with voicemail-to-text
As reported on Cnet Google will apparently be removing a Google Voice feature over carriers’ efforts to fight robocalls. In a message shared on Twitter by journalist Brian Krebs, the company has seemingly begun alerting users that by the end …