Ted Hearn is Managing Editor for Broadband Breakfast. He is also Editor and Publisher of Policyband, a website dedicated to comprehensive coverage of the broadband communications market.
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In 2025, Consumers’ Research lost in the Supreme Court in attempting to have the FCC’s USF contribution scheme held unconstitutional under the nondelegation doctrine.
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Agency Chief Insists No Decisions Have Been Made about the License Renewal of Eight Disney-Owned ABC Stations
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Agency holds that a TV station may not elect DBS must carry in two Nielsen Designated Market Areas at the same time. Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez votes to overturn Rosenworcel’s Media Bureau
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By contrast, the FCC in June granted AT&T’s request to discontinue copper voice services at more than 184,000 locations in California
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FCC Chairman tells hostile Democrats, ‘Keeping parents in the dark about the nature of these programs is a feature not a bug of the effort’
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But the Wall Street analyst’s dubious foot-dragging theory appears to be a few LEO satellites short of a constellation
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Regional ISP borrows $700 million apparently to help acquire the 55% of Vyve parent Mega Broadband Investments Holdings that it did not previously own
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Colorado Broadband Office terminates Maverix Broadband’s BEAD grants and refers the case to the state’s Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Treasury Inspectors
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Trump to create an AI Force run by an AI Czar – ‘Only High I.Q. individuals need apply!’ the President says
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Eventually, he said the majority of Starlink’s revenue will come from government, enterprise, and mobile
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“Fiber isn’t just wiring for today’s Internet – it’s the load-bearing infrastructure for whatever comes next,” USTelecom CEO Jonathan Spalter said,
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‘Here’s the bottom line: The future of humanity cannot be left in the hands of a handful of Big Tech oligarchs,’ the Vermont Socialist says
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Wolfe Research’s Peter Supino expects impact of Starlink to grow, saying Starship deployments of powerful next-get LEOs ‘portend significant price cuts’ in retail Starlink rates
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The Virginia-based ISP’s standalone multigigabit Glo Fiber service is sufficient to fuel customer growth, even against cable rivals offering a broadband-mobile bundle, CEO Ed McKay says
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At an event in Hamlin, West Virginia, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty join in honoring Armstrong President Jeff Ross for bringing rural America into the tech mainstream
