Because so many stories break throughout the day, many of which we have insufficient time to cover, we are introducing some News in Brief-pieces which will briefly summarize the main points of a story and invite you to follow a link to learn more.  We will still be producing long-form articles which expand and explain the implications of stories impacting the broadband world, from a consumer perspective.

All of our linked items routinely appear on Stop the Cap! in bold print.  Wherever you see bold print outside of a headline or section break, that represents a clickable link.  Points we like to emphasize appear in bold italic print.

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