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Cable One CEO Julie Laulis Retiring by End of 2025
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is scheduled to testify today before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science.
Ted Hearn
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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CCIA Study Finds USF Cloud Tax Would Hurt GDP, Fuel Inflation
Charter isn’t buying Cox, Cox is buying Charter. That was the conclusion of MoffettNathanson Senior Managing Director Craig Moffett.
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Trump – Musk’s Starlink ‘Saved A Lot of Lives’ in North Carolina
Senate Minority Leader Schumer sent a message to President Trump and Commerce Secretary Lutnick on Friday: No BEAD money for Starlink.
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FCC's Simington Ready to Apply Cable Act to YouTube TV
Arkansas yesterday said it has wrapped up its BEAD bidding process, reporting that 99% of locations have been covered by an ISP at an average per-location cost of $7,072.
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Phoenix Center Bombshell – 5G Had 'No Measurable Economic Impact'
'BEAD is a golden opportunity to drive as much fiber infrastructure as feasible into our country, which will help advance your Administration’s important connectivity, AI, and advanced manufacturing goals,' trade groups wrote.
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GCI to Become GCI Liberty After Spinoff from Liberty Broadband
With BEAD funding on hold in Washington, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is concerned that the state might have to pause fiber builds because of lack of funding.
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Norfolk Southern Victorious over Cox in Virginia Takings Case
'Under our leadership and with the full support of President Donald Trump, we are moving faster, smarter, and more collaboratively than ever before,' West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Saturday.
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With FCC's Starks Moving On, Carr Just Days Away from 2-1 GOP Majority
The Supreme Court dealt a further blow to for-cause removal protections the court defended in Humphrey's Executor v. United States.
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Oklahoma Broadband Official Concerned about Washington 'Bureaucrats'
Lutnick’s pause has angered Senate Democrats and concerned states like Louisiana, Delaware, and Nevada over the Trump administration’s freeze of NTIA funding.
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Verizon Wants FCC to Lift Mobile Phone Unlocking Mandate
The Satellite Industry Association is urging the Trump administration to disregard fiber-deployment advocates trash-talking Elon Musk’s Starlink.
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Court Tosses Biden-Era FCC Rules on Broadcaster Employment Data; DEI Victory for FCC's Carr
The rules were challenged by religious broadcasters, who were especially sensitive to the FCC’s decision to add a 'non-binary' gender category.
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Cable Has a New Godfather – What Does Charter CEO Christopher Winfrey Do with His Power?
To his credit, Winfrey has a tough side and he's not afraid to show it.
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Senate Democrats Pressure Trump to Shut Down Lutnick's BEAD Review
◾ FCC OKs Verizon-Frontier; Calif. PUC Awaits ◾ Dabbar Endorses State Choice with BEAD ◾ Policyband Analysis: Cable Has a New Godfather – What Does Charter CEO Christopher Winfrey Do with His Power?
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Charter Buying Cox for $34.5 Billion
◾ Analyst’s Cable ISP Forecast: Gloomy ◾ Really? Hoyer Swipes at FTC’s Ferguson over ‘Trump-Vance’ Phrasing ◾ Cable One Responds to Fixed Wireless ◾ Capito Still Waiting to Hear from Lutnick on BEAD
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Carr FCC's Present to U.S. Taxpayers: How Does $567 Million Sound?
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers to Commerce: Don’t make your new BEAD rules mandatory.
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House Panel Rejects Amendment to Revive the ACP
Subcommittee Chairman Rich Hudson, R-N.C., said the ACP was intended to be temporary and was plagued by waste and abuse.
