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Trade Associations Recommend BEAD Low Cost Reforms
A letter to the NTIA suggested steps to decrease low-cost service option burden on ISPs.
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A letter to the NTIA suggested steps to decrease low-cost service option burden on ISPs.
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The call joins industry-wide support for greater funding.
USF
‘The USF contribution mechanism is sadly really outdated and needs to be repaired,’ NTCA CEO says
Rural
Charter and Altice have been handing locations back to the FCC.
BEAD
A letter to the NTIA outlines how small providers can compete with large providers for BEAD grants
Net Neutrality
Free Press chose in recent days to underscore that it is in full agreement with the chairwoman.
Universal Service
A coalition of telecom associations are urging Congress to appropriate money to fund the Rip and Replace program.
‘How do we make sure that you can keep that home grown talent?’
Fiber
Fiber networks have a unique capacity to keep broadband prices low for low-income communities, proponents say.
Funding
The Fiber Broadband Association and the NTCA Rural Broadband Association said it will release the book before May 2022.
Fiber
Industry association reps discussed changing attitudes in Washington about broadband and concerns about political action.
Infrastructure
NTCA’s Shirley Bloomfield on driving improvements for rural broadband.
Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, December 13, 2018 – The Agriculture Department on Thursday unveiled the details of is $600 million broadband loan and grant program – dubbed “ReConnect” – and which was originally called for by appropriations legislation passed in March. “High-speed internet e-Connectivity is a necessity
Broadband Mapping and Data
WASHINGTON, June 26, 2017 – Without efficient data, the Federal Communications Commission can’t put together a model that shows what the cost would be to cover areas with no wireless coverage, the senior vice president of strategic relations of the broadband company C Spire said at a hearing on Tues
Broadband's Impact
WASHINGTON, October 30, 2014 – Members of the White House Rural Council and the trade group NTCA, or Rural Broadband Association, met on Tuesday at the Executive Office Building to discuss the group’s Smart Rural Community Initiative. Additionally, the NTCA held a telecom executive policy summit and
Broadband's Impact
WASHINGTON, July 25, 2013 — The Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet held a hearing examining the implications of the transition to Internet Protocol for wireline communications on Thursday. Several of the witnesses stressed the need for modernization, both in terms of