
Fiber
Charter Again Classifies Network Vandalism As ‘Domestic Terrorism’
Could broadband damage pose a national security threat?
Fiber
Could broadband damage pose a national security threat?
Pole Attachments
The draft would also set a deadline for utilities to respond to ISP requests to approve new contractors.
Teresa Leger Fernandez
The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on whether the $9 billion-per-year Universal Service Fund is Constitutional.
Robocall
The telecom industry had urged justices against the move, saying it would introduce regulatory uncertainty.
Consumers’ Research
SCOTUS is preparing to rule within weeks on a Constitutional challenge to the fund's structure.
BEAD
Declines to comment on rebidding, or on per-location cost caps
Digital Inclusion
Without the broadband subsidy, families are facing harsh tradeoffs to stay connected.
Digital Inclusion
ACA Connects study predicts steep investment drop; while major trade groups urge DOJ to preempt state laws
Rural
Bipartisan caucus applauded for continuing in the new Congress.
BEAD
Federal lawmakers, local ISPs that participated in the program, and other have been trying to keep political pressure on Commerce.
Broadband Live
Defenders of USF counter that the 1996 Telecom Act sets clear limits and that Universal Service Administrative Company's role is strictly ministerial.
enforcement
The agency's chairman has defended its enforcement power.
Public Safety
Reply comments came in for the FCC's 'delete, delete, delete' docket on Monday.
FCC
The agency embraced ‘disparate impact’ in its 2023 regulations.
Benton
Public interest groups say the FCC should modernize, not dismantle, key programs.
Pole Attachments
The group warned that prescriptive rules would risk undermining broadband deployment