The latest development in ongoing skirmishes over One-Touch-Make-Ready (OTMR) policies is that competitive provider GoNetspeed testified in favor of legislation that would make the approach available in Massachusetts. OTMR rules require the owners of utility poles to allow one contractor…
The FCC has fined John M. Burkman, Jacob Alexander Wohl, and J.M. Burkman & Associates LLC $5,134,500 for making what the agency said were 1,141 unlawful robocalls. The FCC rejected the arguments asserted by the parties in their response to…
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2023—The Federal Communications Commission today proposed a fine of more than $1.4 million against PayG for apparently failing to pay Universal Service Fund (USF), Telecommunications Relay Service Fund (TRS Fund), North American Numbering Plan (NANP), and federal…
Stakeholders are relieved that the House and Senate passed the debt ceiling bill yesterday evening, averting an impending government shutdown and other dire consequences. The bill calls for certain spending cuts, but according to a research note issued this week…
Just weeks after giving up her bid to be an FCC commissioner, Gigi Sohn said today that she will head up the American Association for Public Broadband. Sohn told reporters at the Broadband Communities conference and via teleconference that she…
Colorado governor Jared Polis signed a bill this week that is expected to put the state in a better position to obtain upcoming broadband funding. Senate Bill 23-183 removes what the Governor’s Office of Information Technology calls the biggest barrier…
The text of a Senate bill that aims to improve the accuracy of federal broadband maps was made public yesterday. The bill, known as the Accurate Map for Broadband Investment Act of 2023, calls for a reallocation process for the…
State laws can make a big difference in whether it’s feasible for electric cooperatives to build broadband networks and offer broadband services. While some states restrict an electric cooperative’s ability to do that, others encourage it. Two executives from the…
Federal legislators are taking another shot at reforming the Universal Service Fund (USF) program. The Reforming Broadband Connectivity Act introduced in the House and the Senate would direct the FCC to initiate a rulemaking process to reform the contribution system…
Gigi Sohn, who was nominated by President Biden to serve as FCC commissioner over 16 months ago, has asked the president to withdraw her nomination. In a statement, Sohn said that when she accepted the nomination, she “could not have…
“We need to be making hay while the sun is shining,” said Shirley Bloomfield, CEO of NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association, addressing members and other rural broadband stakeholders at NTCA’s RTIME conference in San Diego today, in a reference to all…
WASHINGTON, February 16, 2023—Today the FCC proposed rules to implement key provisions in the Safe Connections Act to support survivors of domestic abuse and other related crimes seeking to maintain critical connections with friends, family, and support networks. These proposed…
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