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  4. Paul Bunyan nears finish line on 1,800-location fiber build in central Aitkin County
  5. SpaceX's Starship to try first orbital flight on September 22 — carrying the first V3 Starlinks into service
  6. AT&T adds Amazon Leo satellite broadband to its enterprise lineup — a second Starlink rival arrives
  7. NTIA opens a second BEAD round: states can spend leftover billions on missed locations
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About Flip News

A fiber-optic installation crew feeding cable into the ground — the kind of fieldwork that brings broadband to rural homes.
Fiber crews at work — the physical side of the rural broadband buildouts this site tracks. U.S. Air Force photo (public domain) by Senior Airman Grace Turpin.

Flip News is an independent news site covering rural broadband and internet infrastructure in the United States — who is getting connected, with what money, and when.

What we cover

State grant awards, county fibre buildouts, FCC and federal rural-broadband actions, satellite internet, fixed wireless and 5G home service, municipal and co-op broadband projects, and practical guides for people waiting on better internet. We also follow the UK’s Project Gigabit as a secondary beat.

Who we are — and where we work

Flip News is a small, remote editorial team covering one beat: who’s getting connected, where, and when. Our correspondents follow US broadband policy, network buildouts, satellite and wireless, and the UK gigabit rollout desk-side from primary sources: agency press releases (FCC, NTIA, state broadband offices), governor newsrooms, company announcements, and public data — rewritten in our own words, clearly attributed, and linked back to the original source. We state this plainly because you deserve to know how your news is made.

Our team

  • John Alon — Founder & Editor. Sets the editorial direction and writes our weekly roundups.
  • Sarah Whitfield — Senior Correspondent, US broadband policy & grant programmes.
  • James Calloway — Infrastructure Reporter, network buildouts & deployment.
  • Priya Raman — Technology Correspondent, satellite & wireless.
  • Tom Ellery — UK Correspondent, the gigabit rollout across Britain.

Our editorial standards

  • Original wording, always. We summarise and attribute; we never copy other publishers’ articles.
  • Primary sources first. Every article names its source and links directly to it, so claims trace back to the agency, company, or document that made them.
  • Corrections are public. If we get something wrong, we fix it and note the correction on the article. Email corrections@flipnews.co.uk to report an error. See our corrections policy.
  • No pay-to-play. Coverage is never sold. Affiliate links in guides are disclosed — see our affiliate disclosure.

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