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Rural Fiber Providers, WISPs, at Odds on New BEAD Mapping
NTCA wants location-by-location verification of unlicensed fixed wireless, which WISPA opposes.
The U.S. Commerce Department and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration manages the key broadband programs of the federal government.
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NTCA wants location-by-location verification of unlicensed fixed wireless, which WISPA opposes.
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The FBA president said he was optimistic states would ultimately be able to maximize fiber deployment.
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Cantwell said a new amendment could still condition all $42.45 billion on complying, which Cruz continued to deny.
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'We fear this opportunity would be squandered by the restructuring notice,' the lawmakers wrote.
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The 2021 infrastructure law defines priority projects as those able to easily scale speeds over time.
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Lutnick told lawmakers earlier this month that 'the courts will decide.' Grant winners have not yet sued.
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Virginia Tech researchers estimate the technology could make up to 1.1 million locations ineligible.
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They said the provision would violate the Byrd rule.
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The NTIA asked states to revise their list of anchors as part of its new program rules.
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But NTIA declines to issue high-cost threshold
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The group found 70 percent of 38 surveyed ISPs owned and operated their own middle mile.
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'We urge NTIA to continue to allow states and territories to set high-cost thresholds,' the 22 governors wrote.
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told senators Wednesday the new rules would be coming "shortly."
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Other broadband industry groups made similar asks in a separate letter to the Trump administration.
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Federal lawmakers, local ISPs that participated in the program, and other have been trying to keep political pressure on Commerce.
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The state's original plan had been 100 percent fiber, according to the program's former director.