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FBA Study Highlights One Permitting Rule as the Most Disruptive to Broadband Deployment

The FCC is considering preempting local permitting regulations

Jake Neenan

Jake Neenan

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FBA Study Highlights One Permitting Rule as the Most Disruptive to Broadband Deployment
Photo of workers installing conduit in New York in 2021 by Mark Lennihan/AP

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2026 – ISPs often say local permitting rules can hold up projects. A new analysis commissioned by a broadband trade group says it found the most detrimental policy.

That would be fees charged per foot of fiber laid, according to the report.

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