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  "description": "Like Texas, Oregon made a partial award to Astound, with the ISP saying The Beaver State created ‘significant cost increases due to the network infrastructure build not being contiguous’\n",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-23T13:07:35.000Z",
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  "textContent": "💡\n\n■ Religious Broadcasters Tell FCC about Carriage Denials by vMVPDs\n■ Free State: INCOMPAS Relying on Old Data to Justify ISP Regulation\n■ AT&T Pressing FCC to Void California’s Copper Network Mandates\n■ Telecom Scholar Nuechterlein: FCC’s Public Interest Standard Unconstitutional\n■ Ahead of C-Band Auction, PBS is Shifting Distribution to IP Video\n■ SES: Clearing 160 Megahertz in Upper C‑band Will Cost about $3.6 Billion\n■ 68 House Democrats Protest Adding Gender-Identity to TV Ratings\n■ Ookla: U.S Streaming Services Holding Up under World Cup Stress\n■ Cable One Provides Funding to 28 Nonprofit Organizations\n\nBEAD: Astound Broadband has declined a notable slice of Oregon’s BEAD awards, state officials said in a June 22 update. The Oregon Broadband Office reported that four ISPs rejected their grants, including Astound, which turned down 10 projects covering 11,003 locations. That represented roughly 10% of the state’s 104,654 BEAD‑eligible locations. The state said Astound walked away from $90.6 million in awards. ** _(More after paywall)_**\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Astound Broadband Declines $90.6 Million in BEAD Awards from Oregon",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-23T13:07:38.307Z"
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