
Community Broadband Networks
Advocates: Fine Print in New BEAD Notice Favors Satellite Providers
Officials say LEO providers could skirt performance benchmarks others must meet in half the time.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was passed in August 2021, and signed by President Joe Biden in November 2021. This bipartisan infrastructure law included the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program, among others.
Community Broadband Networks
Officials say LEO providers could skirt performance benchmarks others must meet in half the time.
Expert Opinion
BEAD’s new policy notice invalidates Final Proposals, prioritizes cost over community, and generates immense sunk costs.
BEAD
Awardees under original rules say they may not reapply.
BEAD
Notice of Funding Opportunity rescinds Biden administration approvals of plans by Louisiana, Delaware and Nevada
Digital Inclusion
Without the broadband subsidy, families are facing harsh tradeoffs to stay connected.
Expert Opinion
With appropriate investments in digital infrastructure and human capital, America’s rural regions could play a much larger role in global trade.
Expert Opinion
Implicit in this structure is a recognition that states and territories are better positioned than the federal government to know what is an appropriate cost threshold for their citizens.
Expert Opinion
Some areas that are relatively easier to serve have received multiple rounds of federal investment, while others perpetually remain left behind.
Expert Opinion
The aspects of the program that have been criticized most widely have nothing to do with Democrats’ preference for process over results.
FCC
The agency embraced ‘disparate impact’ in its 2023 regulations.
Infrastructure
A Trump executive order put projects funded by the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and 2022 Inflation Reduction Act on hold.
IIJA
GAO study would evaluate whether the Appalachian Regional Commission should fund LEO providers.
Expert Opinion
Closure can only be achieved through greater adoption by lower income households.
Expert Opinion
For $849 million, Americans should expect modern data analytics, cost analysis, and competitive auctions to deploy billions of dollars of funding.
IIJA
Lawmakers clashed over NEPA reforms as they warned regulatory delays could stall billions in clean energy and broadband projects.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
Michael O’Rielly and Harold Furchtgott-Roth sign letter in support of Roth.