Infrastructure
Major ISPs Press FCC to Speed Pole Access Ahead of Big BEAD Projects
NCTA proposed the FCC extend the 45-day make-ready timeframe for orders of up to 6,000 poles.
NCTA
Originally the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, is a trade association representing major cable and television companies. NCTA’s member companies connect more than 82 million customers to high-speed internet.
Junk Fees
Satellite Provider Opposes Early Termination Fee Immunity For Cable Companies
“Regulating only a single class of traditional video service providers while leaving all other competitors untouched would harm consumers and competition,” DIRECTV says
Wi-Fi
NCTA Urges Restricted Axon Wi-Fi Sharing
Law enforcement wireless devices on popular WiFi bands must be limited to 'true emergencies,' NCTA says
E-Rate
NCTA Concerned FCC’s Wi-Fi Hotspots Plan Could Fund TikTok, Netflix
ISPs are concerned E-Rate funded Wi-Fi hotspots will be used for social media.
FCC
Cable Opposes Giving Prime Airwaves to FirstNet
NCTA joined T-Mobile and Verizon in calling the move a windfall for FirstNet vendor AT&T.
Spectrum
Tech Company Offers Spectrum-Sharing Plan to Help Public Safety
Axon offers a compromise to protect Wi-Fi users.
FCC
Local Officials Want a Piece of Cable’s Broadband Revenue
Cities need the FCC to scrap the Mixed-Use Rule to collect fees on cable's broadband revenue.
Briefs
NCTA Documentary Depicts Broadband Deployment Challenges
The documentary follows three ISP crews in hard-to-reach, rural areas of the U.S.
FCC
FCC Considering Rulemaking on Requiring Mobile Providers to Unlock Phones Within 60 Days
The agency will vote July 18 on whether to seek comment on the move.
pay TV
Cable ISPs Want Bundled Services Exempt From Early Termination Fee Ban
If the FCC adopts an early termination fee ban, it should exclude service bundles, NCTA says
DC Circuit
FCC Urges Court to Let Net Neutrality Rules Take Effect
'The motion for stay pending review should be denied,' the FCC says.
Charter
ISPs Should Report Only Hard Outages, Industry Says
ISPs say limiting outage reports to hard downs ‘would ensure that the definition of a reportable outage is straightforward, consistent, and meaningful.’
DC Circuit
ISPs Want Net Neutrality Case to Stay in Cincinnati Courtroom
'Washington, D.C. has no monopoly on the Internet or administrative law,' the ISPs said.
Defense
FCC Announces New Rules Expanding CBRS Coverage
Updated interference modeling puts 72 million more people in uninterrupted service areas, the agency said.
quantum
Portland, Ore: FCC Policy Denying Cities $3.75 Billion a Year
Portland wants to apply their standard 5 percent right-of-way fee to cable broadband providers.
Sixth Circuit
GOP-Leaning Sixth Circuit to Hear Net Neutrality Case
The Sixth Circuit was selected by lottery because national and state trade groups had filed identical appeals in four other circuits.
