$42 Billion Broadband Boondoggle Brought Internet to Zero Homes
Headline: Amid its waste and graftArticle: The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (BEAD) allocated $42 billion to extend broadband access to all homes nationwide. Nearly three years after passage, 16 states […]
Texas Pushes to Eliminate BEAD Low-Cost Broadband Requirement
Headline: Texas broadband official urged senators to remove affordability mandates, and labor requirements.Article: Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar called on federal officials Thursday to strip key requirements within the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, […]
FCC Chairman Carr’s Emerging Agenda and Its Dangerous Impacts
Headline: Carr outlined his broadband plans in the chapter he wrote for Project 2025. Article: He consistently puts industry interests over those of consumers — and especially over those of people so […]
Lutnick Receptive to GOP Critiques of BEAD, Declines to Commit to Approved Spending
Headline: Trump’s nominee for Commerce Secretary said he wanted to review plans approved by the Biden administration.Article: Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Commerce Department, said he was […]
Federal funding freeze creates ‘considerable uncertainty’ for BEAD – analyst
Headline: The Trump administration’s pause on federal grants and loans is expected to halt the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program and other funds relevant to telecom, […]
Capito confident in federal funding for Appalachian Hydrogen Hub, broadband despite Trump’s spending freeze
Headline: Although a new era of policies and priorities has begun in Washington, monies promised by the previous presidential administration.Article: Federal funds allocated for projects like the Appalachian Regional Hydrogen […]
Experts Predict BEAD, USF Reforms in 2025
Headline: Broadband experts McDowell, Olsen predict BEAD, USF reforms under Trump.Article: Telecom policy is destined to see some changes in 2025, communications policy experts said Wednesday. Robert M. McDowell and Caroline Boothe […]
10.3M US homes passed with fiber in 2024
Headline: New survey data from the Fiber Broadband Association and RVA shows the US saw record FTTH deployment last year.Article: The Fiber Broadband Association today announced the results of the […]
President Trump Signs Orders on Permitting, Regulatory Freeze
Headline: NTIA has already been working to streamline permits for programs under the broadband infrastructure law.Article: One his first day back in office as president, Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive […]
SpaceX Asks to Shield Starlink from New York’s $15 Broadband Law
Headline: Starlink claims it serves ‘fewer than 20,000 households’ in the state, qualifying for an exemption.Article: The shockwaves from the first state law regulating retail broadband rates are still being […]