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What Biden’s infrastructure plan means for Washington state’s public broadband crusade

A years-long campaign to turn internet service into a public utility in Washington state could get a big boost from… Read More

Dueling public broadband bills make their way through Washington state legislature

Two bills that would let local governments operate retail broadband networks are advancing in the Washington State Legislature. Lawmakers predicted… Read More

Kymeta and Kepler team up to demonstrate satellite connectivity in Arctic deep freeze

Kymeta Corp. — the hybrid connectivity venture that’s based in Redmond, Wash. — says it has demonstrated how its flat-panel… Read More

Florida space officials discuss satellite factory with ‘Project Kraken,’ but it’s not Project Kuiper

An unnamed space company may have picked up a code name with Seattle connotations during negotiations for a satellite factory… Read More

Critics take aim at SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon’s Project Kuiper and other satellite constellations

SpaceX, Amazon and OneWeb say their satellite mega-constellations will make broadband internet goodness available to billions of people around the… Read More

Federal money to SpaceX may hurt public broadband efforts in Washington state

Melissa Santos is a reporter for Crosscut, where this story first appeared. You might think Russ Elliott would be pleased… Read More

SpaceX seeks FCC’s OK to extend Starlink satellite service to vehicles, ships, planes

SpaceX is asking the Federal Communications Commission to authorize the operation of equipment extending the company’s Starlink satellite broadband internet… Read More

SpaceX aims to expand its Starlink satellite operation to Texas and set up Starbase City

SpaceX is planning to break ground on a “state-of-the-art manufacturing facility” in Austin, Texas, to support a satellite operation that… Read More

In a world of ‘remote everything,’ Washington state sees new push for public broadband networks

A bill that would give local governments and public agencies the ability to offer retail internet services appears headed to… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Amazon’s Project Kuiper stir up a war of words over satellites

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Amazon’s Project Kuiper escalated a different kind of Star Wars today, over the orbital parameters… Read More

Project Kuiper plus AWS: How Amazon’s cloud and satellite internet ventures mesh

Amazon Web Services and the Project Kuiper satellite internet venture may be separate domains of Jeff Bezos’ business empire, but… Read More

Amazon’s Project Kuiper reveals details on customer terminals for satellite internet

Amazon’s Project Kuiper hasn’t yet said when it’ll start launching satellites or providing broadband internet access from above, but it… Read More

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network wins $885M in federal aid for rural broadband

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network — which relies on hundreds of spacecraft built in Redmond, Wash. — has been awarded $885.5… Read More

Washington state’s broadband guru on an internet moonshot and being a metaphorical prom king

When a buddy of Russ Elliott‘s asked if he’d join him in starting a telecom company, he flat out said… Read More

Amazon vows to invest $10B in Kuiper satellites after getting FCC’s go-ahead

The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Amazon’s plans for a Project Kuiper constellation of 3,236 satellites that would provide broadband… Read More

As work and school shift online indefinitely, study finds 20% of King County lacks reliable internet

At a time when internet access has never been more critical, 20% of households are underserved in King County, a… Read More

Seattle and Comcast launch $100,000 initiative to improve technology access for job seekers

The City of Seattle launched a new program this week designed to provide necessary technology to people of color and… Read More

Washington state offering $18M in grants and loans for internet infrastructure projects

Washington state is making $18 million available for broadband infrastructure projects at a time when workers and students are increasingly… Read More

FCC chief seeks conditional approval for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellite network

The Federal Communications Commission’s chairman, Ajit Pai, says he’s proposing approval of Amazon’s plan to put more than 3,200 satellites… Read More

British-Indian team puts in a winning $1B bid for OneWeb satellite broadband venture

Update for 12:20 p.m. Nov. 20: OneWeb has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a new CEO, Neil Masterson, who… Read More

Comcast offers 60 days of free broadband for low-income families in Washington state through 2020

Comcast will offer 60 days of free broadband service to low-income customers in Washington state through the rest of the… Read More

SpaceX sends Starlink and Planet satellites to orbit in a new kind of piggyback launch

SpaceX today launched dozens more of its Starlink broadband internet satellites, plus three piggyback satellites for Planet — marking the… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches eighth batch of 60 Starlink satellites and makes its ‘first fifth’ landing

Less than a week after sending two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, SpaceX sent 60 more of its… Read More

Bankrupt OneWeb files with FCC to put 48,000 broadband satellites in orbit

Even though the OneWeb satellite venture is going through bankruptcy and a potential sale, it filed an application overnight with… Read More

Washington state adds hundreds of WiFi hotspots with funding from Microsoft

Washington state is deploying more than 300 “drive-in” WiFi hotspots to help residents who are unable to access the internet… Read More

Amazon reportedly registers interest in bankrupt OneWeb’s broadband satellite constellation assets

Amazon is among the players in a bankruptcy bidding game with the assets of the OneWeb satellite venture at stake,… Read More

Report: Amazon joins other satellite constellation ventures in checking out bankrupt OneWeb’s assets

London’s Telegraph newspaper reports that Amazon is understood to be among the entities sifting through the assets of OneWeb, a… Read More

SpaceX seeks regulatory changes as it gears up for Starlink broadband service

In a new regulatory filing, SpaceX says it plans to start offering commercial broadband internet service using its Starlink satellite… Read More

SpaceX launches seventh batch of 60 Starlink broadband satellites, and sets a rocket record

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster executed its fourth successful launch and landing as part of a mission that put… Read More

OneWeb files for bankruptcy amid coronavirus chaos, leaving satellite network’s fate up in the air

OneWeb, the London-based venture that launched its latest batch of broadband internet satellites last weekend, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy… Read More