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Need a Broadband Deployment Permit? Here Are Some Tips

The NTIA is set to publish presentations on permit applications from twelve federal agencies.

Jake Neenan

Jul 31, 2024 — 2 min read

From left: Patrick Mulhearn, director of public policy at Ting Internet; Ariane Schaffer, public policy manager at Google Fiber; Zach Friend, Santa Cruz County supervisor; Kathryn de Wit, director of Pew Charitable Trust's broadband access initiative; and Bobby Walters, vice president of network planning at Brightspeed.

NASHVILLE, July 31, 2024 – It’s no secret that the Commerce Department’s $42.5 billion broadband expansion program is going to cause a deluge of applications for easements, rights of way, environmental permits, and more. Experts at the Fiber Connect conference had two pieces of advice for ISPs to avoid getting held up: Get in early and get specific.

At the local level, many permitting offices are constrained as it is, said Kathryn de Wit, director of Pew Charitable Trust’s broadband access initiative.

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