12 Days of Broadband
How Long Will it Take Congress to Revamp the Universal Service Fund?
Critics urged the FCC to expand the fund’s contribution sources, but the agency chose to punt the decision to Congress.
12 Days of Broadband
Critics urged the FCC to expand the fund’s contribution sources, but the agency chose to punt the decision to Congress.
AT&T’s new Gigapower joint venture will build fiber outside the company’s current footprint.
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Some fear that state offices will lack the necessary resources to fully participate in the fabric challenge process.
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Between supply chain disruptions and the rising price of goods, the increased costs of fiber deployment could be pushed onto consumers.
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The FCC licensed a significant amount of the limited available spectrum before its authority to do was set to expire.
Broadband Mapping and Data
The FCC and industry have said there is a shortfall in rip and replace funding.
Congress
The spending package includes an extension of the FCC’s auction authority to March 2023.
Comments on the $1.5B fund are due January 27, 2023.
Privacy
Californians’ opposition to the ADPPA’s preemption provision may be the end of the comprehensive bipartisan privacy bill.
Congress
Thune distributed a letter dated Tuesday seeking stakeholder input.
Spectrum
Allowing the FCC’s authority to auction spectrum to expire would be “unacceptable,” Carr said.
Congress
‘Red tape really does have the possibility to kill project,’ argued a House subcommittee chief counsel.
Spectrum
‘The immediate goal is to create a detailed list of [spectrum] bands for intensive examination.’
Universal Service
Big communications companies want Congress to tax telecom, while many others want higher fees on broadband service.
Biden-Harris administration implements new action plan to expedite infrastructure projects, including a new “dig once” policy.
Rural
‘Their absence is noted, and it illustrates their indifference towards the needs of rural Americans and our rural communities.’