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1. Providers Can Keep Charging 'Rental' Fees Until December; ISPs Can Make Streaming Offers You Can't Refuse; + more news -

   
   FCC says Broadband and TV providers can keep charging "rental" fees for equipment that customers own themselves until December 2020 arstechnica.com
   HBO Max proves your ISP can make a streaming offer you can t refuse digitaltrends.com
   Days after it launched astronauts, SpaceX is back to send up its internet satellites stripes.com
   Report Puts Competitors on Notice as Starry Fixed Wireless Sees 10% Subscriber Growth Per Month telecompetitor.com
   T-Mobile moving NYC's midband 5G signal from Nokia to Ericsson lightreading.com
   Comcast has quietly more than doubled its cloud DVR storage hours from 60 to 150 per sub lightreading.com
   5G coronavirus conspiracy theorists are endangering the workers who keep networks running theverge.com
   Google Faces $5B Suit For Allegedly Tracking Private Internet Browsing newsy.com
   Why HBO Max Isn't on Roku or Fire TV Yet fool.com
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2. AT&T: HBO Max Will Not Count Against Data Caps; Avoiding Another Multi-Billion-Dollar Broadband Boondoggle; + more news -

   
   AT&T says HBO Max will be excused from AT&T's mobile data caps via its sponsored data program, while competing services like Netflix and Disney+ will not theverge.com
   Avoiding another multi-billion-dollar broadband boondoggle fiercewireless.com
   Google says YouTube and YouTube TV have more than 100M people in the US watching on TV screens each month, rising 80% YoY in March wsj.com
   Satellite Operators Agree to Accelerate C-Band Relocation, Sets Stage for Historic 5G Auction telecompetitor.com
   Starry's base growing by 10% per month, nearing 100K sub mark lightreading.com
   Britain Wants to Create 5G Alliance to Counter China webpronews.com
   T-Mobile Tuesday offers customers 3 free months of Stadia Pro androidcentral.com
   US continues push to keep China out of its telecom networks lightreading.com
   A psychologist explains how 5G health fears can involve real symptoms (that weren't caused by 5G) pcgamer.com
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3. T-Mobile Now Has 5G Coverage Available In All 50 States; Analyst: HBO Max Isn't A GameChanger For AT&T; + more news -

   
   T-Mobile now has 5G coverage available in all 50 states androidauthority.com
   Disney+ adoption skyrockets as Netflix maintains grip on streaming rapidtvnews.com
   Comcast Business tailors new offering for home workers lightreading.com
   HBO Max Isn't a GameChanger for AT&T: Analyst hollywoodreporter.com
   The biggest 5G challenge for telcos? Learning to collaborate lightreading.com
   DirecTV to Offer Customers Credit for MLB Extra Innings and MLS Direct Kick Out-of-Market Packages thestreamable.com
   T-Mobile vs. Verizon: Who Is Better? forbes.com
   Gartner says global sales of smartphones to end users declined 20.2% YoY in Q1'20, with Huawei performing the worst out of the top five vendors, down 27.3% YoY gartner.com
   Physical Games Could Be More Or Less Gone In 2 Years, Says Studio Boss gamebyte.com
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4. Verizon: Home Broadband Is Just Another Device; Four Sources Of Funding For Rural Broadband Networks; + more news -

   
   Verizon: As Lines Between Wireline and Wireless Blur, Home Broadband is Just Another Device telecompetitor.com
   Four sources of funding for rural broadband networks rcrwireless.com
   Will Broadcom step up for DOCSIS 4.0? lightreading.com
   Ligado to FCC: NTIA's Petition Fails on All Counts - Says there is no reason to stay approval of new service multichannel.com
   Data show why HBO Max's slow start may not tell the whole story yahoo.com
   Every 5G city and region for every major carrier in the US (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint) androidpolice.com
   The New T-Mobile doubles 5G speeds in Philadelphia rcrwireless.com
   5G enabling the era of data-driven vehicles itproportal.com
   Canada's Mobile Networks Delivered Major Speed Increases for 2020 uk.pcmag.com
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5. T-Mobile 5G Network Hitting 1Gbps, Verizon & AT&T Screwed; Bipartisan Bill Would Speed Broadband Buildouts; + more news -

   
   T-Mobile's mid-band 5G network is now cracking 1Gbps, showing Verizon and AT&T are seriously screwed androidpolice.com
   Bipartisan Bill Would Speed Broadband Buildouts multichannel.com
   EFF to Court: Broadband Privacy Law Passes First Amendment Muster eff.org
   Shaw joins the gigabit club lightreading.com
   Forget the Auction? Rural Broadband Acceleration Act Calls for Early Release of RDOF Funds for Gigabit telecompetitor.com
   AT&T on track to cover 1.1M rural locations with fixed wireless LTE this year lightreading.com
   Evidence points to a major agreement between Verizon and Walmart that involves the retailer using Verizon's 5G and edge computing services lightreading.com
   Survey: 'Speed' Tops Consumers' Anticipated 5G Benefits multichannel.com
   Anti-5G quantum machine turns out to be 128MB USB drive techradar.com
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6. Xfinity Tops In Satisfaction Among Full Service MVNOs; It's A Broadband Race Between FTTP & Cable Broadband; + more news -

   
   ACSI: In its Debut, Xfinity Mobile Tops in Satisfaction Among Full Service MVNOs telecompetitor.com
   Research: It s a Two Horse Broadband Race Between FTTP and Cable Broadband, FTTN/DSL Headed to Zero telecompetitor.com
   US cable accelerates broadband gains in Q1 lightreading.com
   Comcast and WarnerMedia announce deal to bring HBO Max to Xfinity X1 and Flex customers lightreading.com
   U.S. Pay TV Revenue Projected to Drop 35% to $57.4B by 2025 multichannel.com
   AT&T's WarnerMedia has HBO Max apps ready for Roku and Amazon Fire TV, just needs deals now cnet.com
   The 5G Dream Could Turn Into a Nightmare for Verizon fool.com
   Huawei CFO loses case to dismiss extradition to the US cnet.com
   Intelsat to FCC: We Can't Guarantee Video Quality Post C-Band Transition multichannel.com
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7. AT&T Launches HBO Max, Vying With Netflix, Others; Verizon: Call And Texting Volumes Back To Normal Levels; + more news -

   
   AT&T launches HBO Max, vying with Netflix, others for quarantine viewing reuters.com
   Verizon: Call and texting volumes back to normal levels rcrwireless.com
   State AGs Recommend COVID-19 Broadband Funding telecompetitor.com
   Things get tense between Dish and T-Mobile lightreading.com
   Mobile operator survey: 81% say progress toward 5G is moving rapidly convergedigest.com
   Android TV Testing Channels -like Subscription Signs-ups multichannel.com
   DirecTV to Credit Some Soccer, Baseball Sub Fees multichannel.com
   SpaceX and US Army sign deal to test Starlink broadband for military use arstechnica.com
   Troubled OneWeb Hope to Expand LEO Broadband Constellation ispreview.co.uk
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8. Verizon, Internet Traffic Patterns May Indicate New Normal; AT&T Faces More Pressure To Jettison DirecTV; + more news -

   
   Verizon Mobile and Internet Traffic Patterns May Indicate an Emerging New Normal telecompetitor.com
   AT&T faces more pressure to jettison DirecTV lightreading.com
   FCC may move ahead with a $16B plan to boost rural broadband access, even without a clear picture of service gaps, as ISPs' coverage data lacks granularity wsj.com
   Huawei befuddled by reports of total 5G ban in UK lightreading.com
   AARP: ISP Dereg Fails COVID-19 Stress Test multichannel.com
   The DHS Prepares for Attacks Fueled by 5G Conspiracy Theories wired.com
   3 Big Missing Pieces From AT&T's HBO Max Launch fool.com
   Researchers reach world s faster Internet speed with an optical chip slashgear.com
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9. Verizon Has Fastest 5G, But Users See 5G Just 0.5% Of Time; Comcast Fully Committed To Full Duplex DOCSIS; + more news -

   
   Analysis of ten 5G operators across US, S. Korea, UK, and Australia finds that while Verizon has the fastest 5G speeds, its users see 5G just 0.5% of the time opensignal.com
   Comcast: We're 'fully committed' to Full Duplex DOCSIS lightreading.com
   Microsoft says Congress should fund broadband in next relief bill dailydot.com
   T-Mobile offers free service to first responders, but rivals shouldn't fret just yet lightreading.com
   Verizon Shifts to True 5G Uploads, Adds San Diego to 5G Markets telecompetitor.com
   FCC Faces Fusillade of Ligado-Slamming Petitions multichannel.com
   Surprise! Like 4G before it, 5G is being hyped networkworld.com
   Verizon Tries To Temper 5G Enthusiasm After Report Clearly Shows US 5G Is Slow, Lame techdirt.com
   Netflix says it will ask customers who have been inactive for a year or more if they want to keep their subscriptions, canceling accounts that take no action cnbc.com
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10. Ajit Pai Doubts SpaceX Broadband-Latency Claims; Beware Of Op/Eds Bearing False US Pandemic Internet Claims; + more news -

    
    Ajit Pai doubts Elon Musk s SpaceX broadband-latency claims arstechnica.com
    Beware Of Op/Eds Falsely Claiming The US Internet Only Works During A Pandemic Because Lobbyists Neutered The FCC techdirt.com
    FCC vote positions ATSC 3.0 as a new broadband pipe lightreading.com
    A National Advertising Review Board panel recommended that AT&T drop its 5G Evolution branding; AT&T says it will retain the branding within their phones' UI theverge.com
    Satellite Broadband Dealt a Blow as FCC Poised to Restrict Satellite, Fixed Wireless, DSL to Lower RDOF Speed Tiers telecompetitor.com
    T-Mobile's 5G reaches 1Gbit/s, and that's just the beginning lightreading.com
    INCOMPAS: Public Safety at Risk from Deregulated ISPs multichannel.com
    Verizon turns on 5G NR for uploads, increasing speeds 30% fiercewireless.com
    HBO Max Coming to Fios and Cox Subscribers at Launch nationalinterest.org
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11. Poor Americans Face Hurdles Getting Promised Internet; AT&T Loses Bid To Dismiss $1.8M Crypto Theft Lawsuit; + more news -

    
    Poor Americans Face Hurdles in Getting Promised Internet nytimes.com
    AT&T Loses Bid to Dismiss $1.8M Crypto Theft Lawsuit cointelegraph.com
    Nokia Claims World Record Live 5G Mobile Speed of 4.7Gbps ispreview.co.uk
    Ligado promises to move forward on 5G despite Pentagon opposition lightreading.com
    FCC Clarifies 5G Wireless Buildout Streamlining Rules multichannel.com
    Six need-to-know takeaways from the Verizon breach report scmagazine.com
    Roku Confirms Deal to Bring AT&T TV NOW Back to Platform, Still No Deal with AT&T For HBO Max thestreamable.com
    Sony says PlayStation Now has 2.2M subscribers and PlayStation Plus has 41M+ subs; Xbox Game Pass had 10M subs and Xbox Live had 90M active users in April theverge.com
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12. Covid-19 Just Triggered The Worst Quarter Ever For Cord Cutting; Xfinity Mobile Launches 5G Using Verizon; + more news -

    
    Covid-19 Just Triggered The Worst Quarter Ever For Cable TV 'Cord Cutting' techdirt.com
    Comcast Xfinity Mobile Launches 5G Using Verizon telecompetitor.com
    US law enforcement warned of 5G/coronavirus conspiracy threats lightreading.com
    FCC: TV Stations Can Team up For Broadcast Internet multichannel.com
    Pai Circulates Final Framework for Rural Broadband Fund multichannel.com
    Verizon Closes Deal for BlueJeans, the AOL of Video Conferencing Apps gizmodo.com
    Verizon files to conduct C-band tests fiercewireless.com
    Would Comcast or Verizon Ever Dump Cable and Go All Streaming? nationalinterest.org
    Michigan university wants $15M to scrap new Huawei LTE network lightreading.com
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