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AI Data Center Boom Is Stealing Rural Broadband’s Fiber Workforce — And BEAD Could Pay the Price

The rapid expansion of AI-driven data centers is creating an intense labor competition that threatens to drain the skilled fiber technician workforce away from rural broadband deployment programs. As tech…

Hometown Heroes Under Pressure: How WISPs Are Navigating BEAD Funding, Starlink Competition, and the Rural Broadband Arms Race

The Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) industry is at a critical inflection point as federal BEAD funding reshapes the competitive landscape, Starlink expands its rural footprint, and fiber overbuilds threaten…