Controversy Erupts over Broadband Deployment Data Collection

The continuing rift between Democrat and Republican commissioners at the FCC reared its head again during the Commission’s proceeding to launch its 2021 Broadband Deployment Report. The FCC’s Notice of…

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Coronavirus and the FCC

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, in a pair of recent letters, summarized the large number of important steps that the Commission has taken to combat the effects of Covid-19 on the…

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5G Coming to Rural America

The FCC, on February 3, opened a new docket captioned “Establishing a 5G Fund for Rural America.” A joint effort of the Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force, the Wireline Competition…

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Commission Touts Accomplishments Under Pai

The FCC recently issued an extensive list of Chairman Pai’s many accomplishments during his first three years as Chairman.  Published just a few days before adoption of perhaps his biggest…

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Draft Order on Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Ready for Vote

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai recently announced that a draft order establishing broadband funding for the hardest-to-serve rural areas of our country would be voted on at the Commission’s January 30…

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