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1. Starlink's Network Faces Huge Limitations; AT&T Whines T-Mobile Merger Put Too Much Spectrum In One Place; + more news -

   
   Starlink's network faces significant limitations, analysts find lightreading.com
   AT&T Whines That The T-Mobile Merger Consolidated Too Much U.S. Spectrum In One Place techdirt.com
   $16B RDOF Auction Bidder Map: Where Bidders Are Based - and What it May Mean for the Auction telecompetitor.com
   Ting's pay-TV play: Recommending YouTube TV and Sling TV lightreading.com
   AT&T 5G is coming to three Air Force bases cnet.com
   More than 6 million US households will cut cable this year businessinsider.com
   Quibi Exploring Possible Sale or IPO nexttv.com
   Sling TV launches Sling Watch Party, the first co-watching feature from a pay-TV provider, in beta on Chrome for laptops and desktops only nexttv.com
   Google rolls out updates to Maps with a layer showing COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people, with labels to indicate trends, coming to 220 countries and territories theverge.com
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2. WISPs Get CBRS Range As Great As Six Miles At 100 Mbps Speeds; Windstream Officially Exits Bankruptcy; + more news -

   
   WISPs Get CBRS Range as Great as Six Miles at 100 Mbps Speeds telecompetitor.com
   Windstream Officially Exits Bankruptcy, Restructuring Now Complete lightreading.com
   T-Mobile's Neville Ray: 5G will decide if next Apple is from US or China lightreading.com
   Millions of Australian Homes to Get Ultra-Fast Internet With $4.5 Billion Upgrade theepochtimes.com
   AT&T to launch standalone 5G later this year lightreading.com
   Some experts fear a new tranche of FCC subsidies, worth $505M, set aside just for Puerto Rico might not help the people most in need of broadband connections axios.com
   Samsung is launching its ad-supported streaming service Samsung TV Plus, available on Samsung TVs since 2016, on some of its latest mobile phones protocol.com
   Overview of the state of bundles in 2020 across Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft stratechery.com
   An old TV crashed an entire village s broadband for 18 months digitaltrends.com
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3. Charter Relaunches Free 60-day Internet And Wi-Fi Offer; NCTA: FCC Should Stick With 25/3 Speed Threshold; + more news -

   
   Charter relaunches free 60-day Internet and Wi-Fi offer lightreading.com
   NCTA: FCC Should Stick with 25/3 Speed Threshold nexttv.com
   Starlink starts to deliver on its satellite internet promise zdnet.com
   Why network slicing is the Holy Grail for telcos in the 5G era rcrwireless.com
   More Carriers Join K-12 Bridge to Broadband Program telecompetitor.com
   Activist investor nabs 20M shares of Comcast lightreading.com
   Locast: Everything You Need to Know About the Streaming Platform Some Are Calling Aereo 2 nexttv.com
   AT&T communications chief is not all that optimistic about the iPhone 12 phonearena.com
   Windstream cuts debt by over $4 billion in Chapter 11 convergedigest.com
   Microsoft releases an overhauled Xbox app for Android in beta that includes the ability to remotely play Xbox games streamed directly from an Xbox One theverge.com
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4. Comcast Shuts Off Internet for Subs Who Were Sold Service Illegally; AT&T, Verizon Team To Stop T-Mobile 5G; + more news -

   
   Comcast Shuts Off Internet for Customers They Say Were Sold Service Illegally nationalinterest.org
   AT&T, Verizon team to stop T-Mobile from getting more 5G spectrum lightreading.com
   Sen. Blumenthal demands AT&T drop push for ad-subsidized cell plans nypost.com
   Broadband Forum Building More Accurate Open Source Speedtest ispreview.co.uk
   Ugly Legacy Pay-TV Realities Emerge for Streaming Industry in the Form of Streaming TV Blackouts telecompetitor.com
   The Race Is on to Win the 5G Battle. T-Mobile Has the Lead. barrons.com
   NBCU's Peacock soon to run wild on Roku lightreading.com
   US judge in California issues a preliminary injunction halting Commerce Department's order banning downloads of WeChat from Sunday cnbc.com
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5. California Defends Its Net Neutrality Law; AT&T's Traffic Up 20% Despite Data Traffic Actually Being Down; + more news -

   
   California Defends its Net Neutrality Law cyberlaw.stanford.edu
   AT&T Traffic Up Almost 20% Amid COVID-19: Text and Voice Traffic Up, Mobile Data Actually Down telecompetitor.com
   Comcast will roll out over 1,000 Wi-Fi zones in community centers cnet.com
   SpaceX scrubs today s Starlink satellite launch slashgear.com
   Verizon adds new 5G and unlimited plans for connected devices phonearena.com
   U.S. Cellular 5G Millimeter Wave Fixed Wireless First Shows Promise for Rural Broadband telecompetitor.com
   Starry eyes single-family homes lightreading.com
   PS5 will launch on Nov. 12 in North America, Japan, Mexico, AU, and NZ for $500 for Blu-Ray version and $400 for Digital Edition and then elsewhere on Nov. 19 venturebeat.com
   Restarting your device resets default mail, browser settings in iOS 14 appleinsider.com
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6. Are The Comcast-Charter X1 Talks Dead In The Water?; AT&T May Offer Phone Plans With Ads For Discounts; + more news -

   
   Are the Comcast-Charter X1 talks dead in the water? lightreading.com
   AT&T might soon offer phone plans with ads in exchange for discounts inputmag.com
   Verizon In-Building 5G Cell Sites Will Support Private 5G Networks telecompetitor.com
   Trump Nominates NTIA Advisor for O'Rielly FCC Seat nexttv.com
   Verizon is working with Corning, Samsung to deliver in-building 5G mmWave rcrwireless.com
   AT&T uses 5G for holographic ESPN interviews lightreading.com
   AT&T CEO Sees Less Hope That 5G iPhone Will Fuel Upgrade Frenzy bnnbloomberg.ca
   Researchers unveil a Bluetooth LE attack impacting billions of devices, leaving them vulnerable to spoofing; most vendors do not have patches but Apple does zdnet.com
   Amazon Music adds podcasts for free across its subscription and ad-supported tiers, with 70K+ titles to start, much smaller than Apple's 1M+ or Spotify's 1.5M techhive.com
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7. Europe's Top Court: Net Neutrality Rules Bar Zero Rating; ViacomCBS To Rebrand CBS All Access As Paramount+; + more news -

   
   Europe s top court says net neutrality rules bar zero rating techcrunch.com
   ViacomCBS will rebrand CBS All Access as Paramount+ early next year thestreamable.com
   Verizon CEO views 5G Home as 'transformative business' lightreading.com
   T-Mobile inks $17B deal for 5G cell towers lightreading.com
   Cogeco CFO Says Wireless Competition May Be Driving Hostile Bid nexttv.com
   AT&T Aims to Convert Fleeing Pay-TV Users to Streaming Services Within the Company thestreamable.com
   Apple One bundles launch with discounts on services including Music, TV+, Arcade, iCloud storage, Fitness+, and News+ and tiers between $15 and $30/month theverge.com
   Google's new 2 Gig fiber Internet service costs just $100 per month techspot.com
   AT&T is launching new hotspot with mmWave and sub-6 5G this Friday neowin.net
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8. Verizon To Buy Reseller TracFone For $7B; 5G Not The Competitive Threat To Cable Many Thought It Would Be; + more news -

   
   Verizon to buy prepaid wireless reseller TracFone for $7B in cash and stock - Verizon would surpass AT&T and T-Mobile in prepaid if TracFone deal is approved arstechnica.com
   5G not the competitive threat to cable many thought it would be lightreading.com
   Dish Network Taps Nokia For 5G Network Software webpronews.com
   CenturyLink Rebrands as Lumen, Sort Of telecompetitor.com
   Altice USA's mobile service has added 1GB and 3GB plans paired with reduced rates for its own Optimum and Suddenlink broadband and video customers lightreading.com
   AT&T customers will be the first U.S. mobile customers to have the ability to access 5G in Japan prnewswire.com
   Over At Politico, The AT&T Monopoly Gives Tips On Fixing A Broadband Problem It Spent Thirty Years Creating techdirt.com
   ViacomCBS Sells CNET for $500 Million webpronews.com
   Google users are complaining their Pixel smartphone batteries are swelling siliconangle.com
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9. MS.Wants Records From AT&T On $300M Project; Google Fiber Outages In Austin, Houston, Other Texan Cities; + more news -

   
   Mississippi subpoenas AT&T for records on $300M project apnews.com
   Google Fiber faces outages in Austin, Houston, and other Texan cities androidcentral.com
   Hacking satellite internet connections is a lot easier than you'd think techradar.com
   Is 5G fixed wireless getting ready for its comeback? lightreading.com
   Coronavirus cuts summer mobile roaming lightreading.com
   T-Mobile customers can now roam on Sprint's former network androidpolice.com
   Democrats call on telcos to lift overage fees for students theverge.com
   Metro dealers accuse T-Mobile of trying to poach customers fiercewireless.com
   Sources: about a dozen states, mostly led by GOP, are considering joining DOJ's upcoming antitrust lawsuit against Google, while readying their own complaints bloomberg.com
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10. States With The Biggest Decreases In Speed; AT&T Hopes You'll Forget Its Fight Against Accurate Maps; + more news -

    
    These States Have Seen the Biggest Decreases in Internet Speed During COVID-19 uk.pcmag.com
    AT&T hopes you ll forget its years-long fight against accurate broadband maps arstechnica.com
    T-Mobile 5G Demo Achieves 5.6 Gbps Throughput on One Mid-Band Channel telecompetitor.com
    Cable operators have raked in broadband subs during the pandemic lightreading.com
    CBRS spectrum auction maps: Who won what, and where lightreading.com
    A 'false alarm' between T-Mobile and Verizon shows how competitive the 5G battle is cnet.com
    UK economy to experience a $23.5 billion hit from Huawei 5G ban: Study rcrwireless.com
    Amazon partners with AT&T to let Echo devices make and receive phone calls androidcommunity.com
    Poll Finds 90% Support Federal Funding to Close Digital Divide telecompetitor.com
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11. AT&T's CEO Has A Familiar $olution To US Broadband Woes; EarthLink Files Suit Against Charter; + more news -

    
    AT&T s CEO has a solution to US broadband woes despite billions sunk into the problem. You ll never guess what it is theregister.com
    EarthLink Files Suit Against Charter Communications for Duping Customers Into Switching Providers businesswire.com
    SpaceX's Satellite Internet Service Latency Comes in Under 20 Milliseconds uk.pcmag.com
    Verizon Consumer CEO: We re on a Mission to Make 5G Impossible to Ignore telecompetitor.com
    Altice USA undaunted after Cogeco spurns offer lightreading.com
    Charter in 'no rush' to roll out DOCSIS 4.0 lightreading.com
    Verizon Media teams up with NFL to let fans virtually watch games together cnet.com
    AT&T CFO: Wireless still hit by lost roaming revenues fiercewireless.com
    Microsoft to launch its Xbox Series X console on November 10 for $499, with preorders starting on September 22 theverge.com
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12. 5G Doesn't Live Up To Hype, AT&T's 5G Slower Than Its 4G; Cord-Cutting Now In 37% of Broadband Households; + more news -

    
    Testing carrier networks in 26 US cities shows that while 4G speeds are up overall, 5G does not live up to the hype, with AT&T's 5G largely slower than its 4G pcmag.com
    Report: Cord-Cutting Accelerates, Now 37% of Broadband Households telecompetitor.com
    Google's Area 120 launches Orion WiFi, a service that allows carriers in need of better service to rent public venue WiFi networks on an as needed basis 9to5google.com
    FirstNet One, a Public Safety Blimp, Deployed in Louisiana for Hurricane Disaster Recovery Support telecompetitor.com
    Telco obsession with speed is growing in 5G era lightreading.com
    America Is Its Own Worst Enemy on 5G Rollout realclearpolicy.com
    RootMetrics: Verizon is still the network to beat, but AT&T brings the best speeds rcrwireless.com
    5G iPhone 12 event set: Apple's online-only launch will be Sept. 15 cnet.com
    Disney gains after 'Mulan' fuels optimism about streaming growth bnnbloomberg.ca
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