Tom Luketich

Comcast Awards $10,000 Grant to Hartford Public Library’s HPL Studios to Expand Digital Opportunity | Comcast New England #IWorkForComcast https://comca.st/3TUC42v

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🚀 NEW AI-Driven Feature Alert from TELECOM VoIP! We're thrilled to unveil Call Recording Transcription and Summarization—now available with every ConnectUC Call Recording seat. 🔍 What does it do? This powerful enhancement transforms your recorded calls into accurate AI-generated transcriptions and actionable summaries, saving your team hours while boosting compliance, insight, and productivity. 💡 Why you’ll love it: • 📄 Accurate transcriptions • ✍️ Instant summaries of key decisions • ✅ Better documentation for compliance & training Best of all? It's included at no extra cost with your call recording seat. Turn every call into a strategic asset. #AI #VoIP #Productivity #ConnectUC #CallRecording #Compliance #TelecomVoIP #UCaaS #ArtificialIntelligence #BusinessTools

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Let’s keep BEAD from building yesterday’s networks tomorrow... Congress defined Priority Broadband Projects with two prongs: 100/20 Mbps today, and the ability to easily scale for tomorrow. That second prong only applies to PBPs — and it’s what makes them “priority.” If states don’t enforce it in SUBGRANTEE AGREEMENTS, they risk legal challenges, clawbacks of provisional awards, and wasted taxpayer dollars. (Full explanation in the first comment ↓)

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OpenCape BEAD Update: You may or may not be aware, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has received $147M in Federal BEAD funds (Broadband Equity Access Deployment). OpenCape met the revised midnight deadline yesterday and has applied for funding for Provincetown, Orleans, Chatham and Bourne. Hopefully, some of these Massachusetts dollars will flow to Massachusetts-based companies that are making a real difference locally. Our model is proven. Our execution is disciplined. Our commitment is long-standing. #opencape #fiberbroadband #BEAD #capecod

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#UnitiWholesale is proving that connectivity isn’t just about fiber—it’s about people. In the second episode of the Trusted Connections podcast, Greg Ortyl, EVP & President, Strategic Accounts, shares what life looks like inside the newly combined Uniti + Windstream family. Listen to the full episode as Greg shares how leadership, trust, and teamwork drive real partnership, and how a bigger network can still feel personal: https://okt.to/k6bqiX #BetterTogether #PeopleFirst #Connectivity #Partnerships

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Your ageing PBX is silently draining budget and talent-here’s how one East Coast manufacturer stopped the bleed. For years, a 7-site metal-parts producer relied on a patchwork of copper lines and local PBXs. Lines failed without notice, moves took weeks, and every upgrade ticket landed on the desks of a two-person IT team already stretched thin. Voice had become a distraction rather than a utility. Quantitel replaced the tangle with a single, cloud-native communications platform delivered over resilient fibre. We ported numbers, integrated MS Teams for desk-less staff, and wrapped everything in 24/7 monitoring-without touching production schedules. The transformation cut carrier bills and maintenance contracts to a clean, predictable subscription, delivering double-digit savings from month one. More importantly, the IT pair recovered entire days each week to focus on MES upgrades and cybersecurity, instead of chasing dial-tone issues. Takeaway: Modernising voice is one of the fastest ways a lean IT department can unlock both cash and capacity across multiple plants.

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#UnitiWholesale is proving that connectivity isn’t just about fiber—it’s about people. In the second episode of the Trusted Connections podcast, Greg Ortyl, EVP & President, Strategic Accounts, shares what life looks like inside the newly combined Uniti + Windstream family. Listen to the full episode as Greg shares how leadership, trust, and teamwork drive real partnership, and how a bigger network can still feel personal: https://okt.to/IiX9Gr #BetterTogether #PeopleFirst #Connectivity #Partnerships

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Regulatory Winds Shifting for Broadcast Internet The FCC and the Future: Unlocking Broadcast Internet’s Potential The FCC provided the keys to unlock a new era of 5G Broadcast Internet connectivity, but  the legacy broadcast regulatory landscape is still a puzzle yet to be solved. As Chairman of Castanet, I foresaw a world where content flows freely to every smartphone, tablet, and car — without gatekeepers. A world where traditional broadcasting and the Internet converge. Thanks to Chairman Brendan Carr creating the FCC’s Broadcast Internet rules published on December 10, 2020 we are now fully authorized to revolutionize how the public can consume the internet streaming media that already accounts for ~60% of all video consumption.  We now have the power to universally bridge the geographic and economic digital divides to make access to digital media truly ubiquitous. We’re at the cusp of a seismic shift, but the path is still evolving.  The FCC is clearly focused on improving the future of broadcast television in the US.  The dominant incumbent full power broadcasters have enjoyed a profitable relationship with the cable industry providing retransmission consent payments to ensure stable cash flows.  However, given the rapid decline of the linear television cable industry, the negative direct impacts on broadcasters going forward are challenging.  The cable industry will continue to enjoy a solid business as Internet Service Providers for fixed access in their markets.  However, given the public’s demand for data intensive services to their smart phone devices the market will demand a new 5G Broadcast Internet  service to emerge.  Castanet 5G has developed the hybrid approach that seamlessly integrates 5G Broadcast services over the FCC authorized ATSC 3.0 based Broadcast Internet  technology.  Castanet 5G is engaging  with TV licensees, media owners and distributors and ISPs of all types to join with us to create the 5G Broadcast Internet future. If you want to explore how this regulatory moment could transform your business? Let’s talk.  Reach out to us to discuss the future of 5G Broadcast Internet during NAB East this week in New York. The revolution is coming — be part of it.  

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The Oneida Nation and Cellcom have announced a new partnership to bring fast, reliable, affordable high-speed internet to homes and businesses across the Oneida Nation tribal lands, aiming to bridge the digital divide in underserved areas. The service uses Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) technology from newly built towers to deliver wireless broadband with unlimited data and no long-term contract, supporting remote work, education, telehealth, and economic opportunities for residents. Funded by the Oneida Nation with engineering and operational support from Cellcom, the initiative reflects the Nation’s efforts to strengthen self-governance and community development by expanding essential digital infrastructure.

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