NTCA

Broadband Groups Decry Impact of FCC Digital Discrimination Rules on Rural Providers

ACA Connects, the Rural Broadband Association NTCA, and WISPA issued a joint statement against them.

Expert Opinion

Kristian Stout: Internet for All Won’t Happen Without Real Pole Access Reform

The FCC should encourage solutions that help facilitate make-ready work when utilities are dragging their feet.

Senate Appropriations

FCC Confirms April as Final Month of ACP Funding

Bipartisan legislation aimed at extending the program remains at a standstill in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

CPUC

$500M California Fund for Public Broadband Infrastructure

The application window for the Loan Loss Reserve Program will be open from Tuesday, March 12, through Tuesday, April 9.

BEAD

Flush With BEAD Cash, at Least 13 States Make Plans For ‘Nondeployment’ Funds

Several state offices expect to utilize nondeployment funds in conjunction with infrastructure deployment funds for BEAD.

Comcast

ISPs Pressing FCC to Relax Section 214 Requirements

The FCC's 2015 net neutrality rules did not erect regulatory entry and exit barriers.

USDA

RUS Launches $60M Grant Initiative for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Projects

The grant funds can be used for acquiring equipment, improving broadband infrastructure, developing instructional programming, and more.

Eighth Circuit

Wireless Trade Groups File Suit Against FCC Digital Discrimination Order

The suit filed Tuesday marks the third legal case to target the FCC’s digital discrimination rules since adopted in November.

Digital Inclusion

FCC Survey Finds Majority of ACP Participants Didn't Have Quality Internet Access Before

According those responding to a December survey, 80 percent claimed affordability as the main barrier.

USDA

More Changes Unveiled for Round 5 of the ReConnect Program

Key revisions to this new round of ReConnect include awarding priority points to applications from states with the highest concentrations of unserved locations.

Rural

FCC Urged to Grant Amnesty for RDOF Recipients

Almost 70 broadband associations are urging the FCC to allow ISPs who cannot fulfill their commitments to surrender their grants with a lesser penalty.

Fiber

Make Sure that BEAD Funding Builds Deep Fiber: Metro Connect

Windstream CEO analogized a fiber network to arteries and capillaries in the human body.

Charter

Cable ISPs Seek Net Neutrality Guardrails From FCC

The cable ISPs said the Federal Communications Commission should prevent states from going further.

Samuel Alito

Supreme Court Skeptical Of Texas, Florida Social Media Content Moderation Laws

Justices Roberts, Kavanaugh and Barrett seemed skeptical of the constitutionality of the Florida and Texas laws.

Kay Ivey

Alabama Announces $150 Million Broadband Expansion

The $150 million will be used to create the state’s Capital Projects Fund grants program.

Expert Opinion

Kerry Haughan: Why State Leaders Need to Keep BEAD Funding Local

In the case of rural communities, monopolies are a particularly bad fit.