NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association and NCTA – The Internet and Television Association, met with the FCC recently, and separately {of course), on broadband support issues In its presentation…
The FCC Chairwoman recently responded to Senators and House members on separate letters regarding FCC actions on RDOF auctions and proposed changes to the E-rate competitive bidding process. She wrote…
A bipartisan bill was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate, to assure that the Department of Agriculture targets broadband funding through its Reconnect Program to those rural, agrarian and remote…
In a move dovetailing the proposed Keeping Critical Connections Act (see our blog of April 17, 2020), a pair of Republican Congressmen have introduced the Serving Rural America Act. The…
In a recent letter to several members of Congress, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai outlined several recent steps that the FCC has taken -- or will be taking –…
“In my first remarks to FCC staff as Chairman…I declared that my highest priority would be making sure every American who wants high-speed Internet access can get it. Rural Americans…
“Although I hope these changes will help, you may be right that something more fundamental is needed. After all, if the Order is not carrying out its stated purpose of…
