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Fiber Expansion Reaches El Dorado, Arkansas

Fiber broadband deployment is expanding in southern Arkansas as RightFiber announces a build in El Dorado following a $5 million investment
AI-Driven Fiber Builds Accelerate Across U.S. Markets

AI-Driven Fiber Builds Accelerate Across U.S. Markets

Vero Fiber Networks completed 790 miles of AI-ready fiber in 2025, reflecting growing demand for infrastructure across multiple states
Fiber’s Next Phase: Built for AI, Built for Scale, Built Everywhere

Fiber’s Next Phase: Built for AI, Built for Scale

U.S. fiber investment is accelerating across AI corridors, regional markets, and ultra-high-speed networks. A new phase for broadband
Understanding IPv4 Abuse

Understanding IPv4 Abuse

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What IPv4 abuse is, how spam, botnets, and routing attacks are handled today, and whether internet security efforts are actually improving.
IPv4 Transfer Requests Hold Steady in November 2025

IPv4 Demand Refuses to Fade: A Market That Keeps Booming

ARIN IPv4 transfer requests totaled 150 in November 2025, signaling steady activity and buyer-friendly conditions in the IPv4 market
Trump EO Targets State AI Laws, Ties Compliance to Broadband Funds

Trump Executive Order Limits Regulations on AI

Trump signs executive order to curb state AI regulation, directing federal legal challenges and linking to broadband funding
Africa, Entrepreneurship, and What the IPv4 Secondary Market Reveals About the Global Internet

Lu Heng & The AFRINIC IPv4 Address Market

AFRINIC’s crisis and Africa’s last IPv4 reserves reveal how scarcity, policy gaps, and a secondary market are reshaping internet governance
Reverse DNS rDNS Explained

Reverse DNS (rDNS) Explained

Reverse DNS, or rDNS, maps IP addresses to hostnames using PTR records. Learn how it works, why it matters, and how ARIN manages delegations
IPv4 Transfers Hold Strong in October

IPv4 Transfers Healthy in Anticipation of Broadband Builds

In October, ARIN recorded 147 IP transfer requests, only modestly lower than September’s 153 and on par with this year’s monthly average of around 148 per month.
Pew Study: BEAD Funding Opens Broadband Workforce Opportunities

Pew Study: BEAD Funding Opens Workforce Opportunities

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Pew Charitable Trusts reports that BEAD’s $42.5 billion broadband rollout will require tens of thousands of new fiber and telecom workers