Jeff Baumgartner

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Jeff Baumgartner

@thebauminator

Senior Editor at Light Reading - @Light_Reading

Highlands Ranch, CO Beigetreten Temmuz 2008

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·1d

. @comcast represented about 35% of net sales for Vistance Networks in 2025, thanks in part to demand for D4.0 FDX nodes & amps. Vistance and its two units – Aurora Networks and Ruckus – used to be part of CommScope @Light_Reading lightreading.com/cable-technolo…

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·2d

'OneConnect,' AT&T's new flat-fee bundle of gigabit fiber and mobile plans, builds on the operator's broader convergence strategy and puts some pressure on cable's home broadband-wireless combos. @Light_Reading lightreading.com/5g/at-t-s-onec…

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·23 Mar

Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' maker of rockets and lunar landers, wants to build an orbital data center platform comprising 51,600 satellites. Others pursuing this concept include SpaceX, Google and Nvidia-backed Starcloud. @Light_Reading lightreading.com/satellite/bezo…

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·20 Mar

Faced with a barrage of similar lawsuits from tower companies and other infrastructure companies, Dish Wireless is trying to tuck several cases into a Colorado court. @Light_Reading lightreading.com/5g/dish-wirele…

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·19 Mar

EchoStar's restructured agreement with Dish DBS unit creditors could clear the way for another attempt to combine DirecTV with Dish's video business. @Light_Reading lightreading.com/video-streamin…

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·17 Mar

The National Content & Technology Cooperative (NCTC) has expanded its mobile program for independent broadband operators by signing on @telgoo5 - @Light_Reading lightreading.com/cable-technolo…

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·17 Mar

Ettienne Brandt, a vet of both broadband and mobile, is the new CEO of Astound Broadband, which just struck a deal to combine with GFiber (@googlefiber). Brandt most recently led Frontier's commercial business unit. @Light_Reading lightreading.com/broadband/form…

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·13 Mar

AT&T's new set of wireless plans aim to incentivize subs to upgrade to better tiers, but it's 'not the start of a new price war ... kind of the opposite,' notes New Street Research's David Barden. @Light_Reading lightreading.com/5g/at-t-s-new-…

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·12 Mar

Data from New Street Research shows that the proposed combination of Astound Broadband and GFiber will have the biggest competitive overlap with AT&T, Comcast and Charter. @Light_Reading lightreading.com/broadband/what…

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·12 Mar

. @googlefiber (GFiber) and Astound Broadband have the urge to merge. Stonepeak is set to be the majority shareholder in the new venture, with Alphabet retaining a minority stake. The combo will be led by GFiber's current exec team. @Light_Reading lightreading.com/broadband/a-ne…

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·12 Mar

@peter_adderton @BrendanCarrFCC Best of luck!

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Peter Adderton@peter_adderton·12 Mar

@thebauminator Leave @BrendanCarrFCC alone he is about to change the wireless landscape by finally ensuring MVNOs have a fair playing field.😀

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·11 Mar

Yeah, what the hell are you doing commenting during the comment period?

Brendan Carr@BrendanCarrFCC

Amazon should focus on the fact that it will fall roughly 1,000 satellites short of meeting its upcoming deployment milestone, rather than spending their time and resources filing petitions against companies that are putting thousands of satellites in orbit.

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·11 Mar

@BrendanCarrFCC :)

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Brendan Carr@BrendanCarrFCC·11 Mar

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·10 Mar

Amazon Leo has urged the FCC to deny SpaceX's plan to build orbital data centers comprising up to 1 million satellites, arguing that it's 'wholly unrealistic' and would give SpaceX 'near-total control' of launch insertion orbits. @Light_Reading lightreading.com/satellite/amaz…

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·10 Mar

WISPA is asking the FCC to further assess the potential interference issues presented by SpaceX's plan to deploy orbital data centers underpinned by as many as 1 million low-Earth orbit satellites. @Light_Reading lightreading.com/regulatory-pol…

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·10 Mar

. @ATT is starting to stand up the org that underpins its recent acquisition of Lumen's fiber assets. The initial aim is to boost marketing spend and accelerate fiber customer acquisitions. lightreading.com/broadband/at-t…

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·4 Mar

Independent cable operators are encouraged that Rep. Brett Guthrie still sees good reason to change the Cable Act of 1992, but the coming midterm elections could shift the priorities of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. #Summit2026 lightreading.com/cable-technolo…

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·4 Mar

"Today, the star [in DC] is Starlink," says Alpine Group's Rhod Shaw at the ACA Connects Summit. #Summit2026

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·2 Mar

. @EchoStar President and CEO Charlie Ergen said he's frustrated by an array of lawsuits targeting Dish by tower owners and connectivity providers, claiming Dish has settled 'hundreds of contracts' through negotiation. @Light_Reading lightreading.com/5g/ergen-disap…

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Jeff Baumgartner@thebauminator·2 Mar

SBA has joined American Tower and Crown Castle in filing suits against Dish Wireless over tower rental payments. EchoStar's 10-K shows that Dish faces similar suits from Comcast Business, Harmoni Towers, Diamond Towers & Zayo lightreading.com/5g/sba-also-th…

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