#TheDivide: Eli Dvorkin and Rachel Neches, from the Center for an Urban Future, join the podcast to discuss their report exploring the extent and causes of the ongoing digital divide in the Bronx, New York, and how to solve it. Listen on Light Reading: bit.ly/473FBU4

Led by sales to Charter, AOI saw another big year-over-year gain in amp sales in Q2. AOI is now preparing to enter the node business with products powered by Broadcom's new 'unified' DOCSIS 4.0 silicon. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/472RlpU

BT may be able to avoid renewing tenancy agreements with Telereal if Openreach can finally switch off the UK's PSTN and close its copper exchanges. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/41bVzHS

The third state to release its final proposal for BEAD, West Virginia's revised program will still award 99% of its broadband deployment funding for fiber networks. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3UDxDtd

While broadband infrastructure deployment has improved throughout the country, the 'affordability gap' exceeds 30% in multiple rural states, according to research from BroadbandNow. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4lOcnwc

Brandy Reitter of the Colorado Broadband Office said BEAD bids in the 'Benefit of the Bargain' round have swung toward LEO satellite options. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3UAQ9m7

T-Mobile reportedly is acquiring US Internet, a Minnesota-based fiber operator with fewer than 200,000 passings. The deal builds on T-Mobile's plays for Metronet and Lumos but does little to expand T-Mobile's convergence strategy. Read more: bit.ly/41f0DLD

#TheBuildout: News from Omni Fiber; Brightspeed; Ripple Fiber; Ziply Fiber and more. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4mDZDJB

BEAD funding allocation in Mariana Islands is a perverse waste of taxpayer dollars and in defiance of government directives, says Docomo Pacific CEO. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/41Tijwz

With just 122,000 mostly rural users on copper, Chorus gets green light from New Zealand's government to accelerate shutdown. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/45wDoiO

Despite presidential inaction, the Konektadong Pinoy bill, which seeks to make major reforms of the Philippine telecom sector, becomes law. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3JuWD3D

Comcast is moving millions of broadband subs to Yahoo Mail. Comcast says Yahoo will provide 'a better email experience.' Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4fWoiGM

Several states' final proposals released in the last few days show fiber still leads in BEAD location wins, with Colorado as the only state so far to select low-Earth orbit satellite technology for a majority of locations. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3HUoFF4

The ACP remains a thorn in Charter's side even after the cable op has pushed past the worst of broadband sub losses linked to the demise of the program. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4oTzurN

#TheBuildout: Comcast connects 32,000 more Florida homes and businesses; Spectrum goes live in a range of rural counties in Texas; New York awards $53 million for broadband infrastructure – and more. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4n9yyOo

New Mexico and Washington plan to award 40% and 39% of their BEAD-eligible locations to fixed wireless access (FWA) providers, respectively. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/45SkykT

Dell'Oro Group expects cable op spending on amp and other outside plant gear will drive $10 billion in sales in the next five years. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/46b1eAK

CableLabs' latest DOCSIS 4.0 interop saw downstream speeds of 16 Gbit/s, a record for the emerging platform. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3JKqdlR

NCTA and SCTE head an initiative that aims to draw government attention to network vandalism and to frame certain attacks as national security threats. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/464jGtA

Aided by a mix of upgrades and E-ACAM-funded builds, TDS's fiber deployment has surpassed 1 million locations, with plans for 1.8 million. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3HThdKC