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  • Helping with device acquisition

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On March 11, GFiber (formerly Google Fiber) and Stonepeak announced they’re combining to create what they’re calling “a leading independent fiber provider.” But that messaging is deceiving – Astound is largely hybrid fiber-coax.

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Iowa Emerges as AI Backbone Hub with Midwest FiberPath’s 1,200-Mile Fiber Corridor

An Iowa start-up, Midwest FiberPath, LLC has announced plans for a 1,200-mile, multi-conduit long-haul backbone engineered to support the explosive bandwidth demands of artificial intelligence workloads and hyperscale cloud computing across the central United States.

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Iowa Legislature Considers Sale of the ICN: What It Might Mean for CBAN Members

The Iowa Legislature is moving forward with a transformative plan to privatize the Iowa Communications Network (ICN). Once restricted to serving only public-sector “authorized users,” new legislation—Senate Study Bill 3149 and House Study Bill 709—aims to open the 3,400-mile fiber-optic network to the broader commercial market. For Iowa’s rural broadband providers, this shift represents a landmark opportunity to access high-capacity “middle-mile” infrastructure that was previously off-limits.

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