Broadband Breakfast evaluated 14 submissions to the White House's proposal on Build America, Buy America rules.
Prioritizing fiber builds will increase cost and deployment time, says WISPA report.
Alan Davidson’s response to Daines, dated Tuesday, says the NTIA will combat overbuilding, but does not mention unlicensed spectrum.
The FCC requested input on allowing economic and technical feasibility exceptions to the definition.
The Mandatory Disaster Response Initiative requires providers to negotiate network sharing within nine months.
The FCC also mandated that internet service provider labels be machine-readable.
WISPA’s letter notes that many of its member are small providers that serve sparsely populated areas.
Though most groups issued their support, others voiced reservations.
Wireless and wireline technologies play their own roles in helping connect the country, the head of WISPA said.
Some are warning that federal infrastructure money should not go toward subsidizing old networks.
Industry reactions to Biden's signing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 on Monday.
Many in Washington aren’t holding their breath for the broadband infrastructure deal to collapse.
Experts discuss the short- and long-term need for gigabit speeds.
Keynote speakers at Day 2 of WISPA America tackled broadband speed thresholds, infrastructure and federal programs.
WISPA holds first trade show in two years, which touched upon broadband infrastructure, mapping, spectrum and other topics.
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