Wisps getting it done

Several times a year, Paul Conlin barrels up a steep, wooded hillside in his mud-green Rhino SUV to the top of Rattlesnake Mountain above Hume, to perform maintenance on his equipment, which puts homes scattered in the valley below on the internet superhighway.

Three Spacelink Satellites just floating

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7200885/SpaceX-loses-control-three-Starlink-internet-satellites-just-WEEKS-launch.html SpaceX has lost contact with three satellites in its new Starlink orbiting network, with the errant craft now destined to fall out of orbit and burn up in the atmosphere.  Granted, they launched 60 satellites and only three have …

Vermont RFP for Broadband

The Department of Public Service of Vermont issued an RFP that will study the feasibility of the state’s electric companies providing broadband service

FCC and their view of broadband

It seems the FCC is getting some pushback on its picture of broadband access in the United States. Much of the article centers around Form 477 and the inaccuracies being found in it. https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/30/18644726/fcc-broadband-report-high-speed-rural-statistics-reactions