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Nate Karren: BEAD Saving Can Be Lifesaving… If We Let It

NTIA should let states put leftover BEAD funds toward Next Generation 9-1-1 upgrades, no new money from Congress required.

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Joel Thayer: Getting One Big Beautiful Spectrum Pipeline by 2028

Notifying NTIA is not the same as identifying spectrum for auction, and the FCC should use that difference to keep 2028 auctions alive.

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Chad Johnston: After 26 Years Building Fiber Networks, Here's How My Thinking Has Changed

A fiber veteran argues there's no single right architecture. Rising costs and scarce labor mean operators should design for long-term flexibility, not habit.

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Johnny Kampis: The Impracticality of Widescale Fiber Broadband in Alaska

The USDA spent $34.91 million on fiber to reach 28 customers in two remote Alaska villages, topping $2 million per passing, the author says

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Glenn Lurie: There Is No AI Without a Pipe

AI's infrastructure isn't just about chips and data centers. It's about the fiber, wireless, satellite, edge and power infrastructure required to move intelligence everywhere.

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Bhavin Gandecha: The Permitting Bills Won’t Fix What’s Actually Broken

Congress keeps asking how to build faster, but nobody has defined how much delay or funding variance the system will tolerate before escalation is automatic.

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Bob Bartz: The Broadband Map Is Getting Better. Here’s What Still Needs to Change

Faster provider reporting and engineering field data would make FCC broadband maps more accurate, and that matters for investment decisions well beyond BEAD.

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Mark Vasconi: A Growing Reality Check for BEAD

I’m a former State Broadband Officer. Here's what other SBOs are saying about BEAD.

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Bartlett Cleland: The Market Is Already Solving Dead Zones; BEAD Shouldn't Fund Them

Now that the big three carriers are jointly building satellite direct-to-device coverage, BEAD should stop chasing rural mobile and stick to connecting unserved homes.

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Iyad Tarazi: AI and the New Economics of Wireless Growth

Operators have traditionally added capacity by acquiring spectrum, building infrastructure or upgrading equipment. Physical AI introduces a fourth lever: extracting more value from assets already deployed.

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Liliana Aide Monge: AB 2279 Deserves a Floor Vote. California's Digital Divide Can't Wait

AB 2279 would restore the original scope of California's Regional Broadband Consortia and boost their funding using existing CPUC fee surpluses.

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Christine O'Connor: An Enduring Commitment to Universal Service Transformed Alaska

O'Connor charts Alaska's shift from village pay phones to fiber and telehealth, crediting universal service and the Alaska Plan while noting BEAD's work is unfinished.

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Rebecca Stone: What ISPs Need to Know About ‘Work from Home’ Habits

ISPs should treat the home network as business-critical infrastructure, since remote-work usage patterns differ sharply between the U.S. and Europe.

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John Doyle: The FCC’s New ID Rule is a Gift to America’s Adversaries

The FCC's proposed ID collection rule would build the exact database Chinese hackers are already inside U.S. telecom networks looking for.

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Bruce Kushnick: An Open Letter Calling for a Debate with the Group Digital Progress

The authors propose a debate using the Verizon NY 2025 Annual Report, and other pertinent facts

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Jonathan Williams: Super-Sizing Benefits of the Big Beautiful Bill

The author is the chief economist of the Federal Communications Commission.