The much-criticized mandatory $15 per month broadband law recently passed by our neighbors to the north in New York State is no more according to an article in Light Reading. […]
Author: Susan Carter
Legislature – 7-16-21
On Tuesday, Representative Martin Causer released a co-sponsorship memo announcing that he intends to introduce legislation appropriating $100 million federal stimulus dollars into Pennsylvania’s Unserved High-Speed Broadband Funding Program. The […]
Industry News – 7-9-21
Net neutrality proponents must be on the edge of their seats awaiting today’s Executive Order from President Joe Biden urging the FCC to reinstate the rules nixed by his predecessor […]
Legislature – 7-2-21
Last week, the House Transportation Committee unanimously approved Representative Doyle Heffley’s bill providing for potential cost sharing agreements between ILECs and PaDOT, when infrastructure needs to be moved for road […]
Legislature – 6-18-21
The House Transportation Committee is the recipient of legislation (HB1658), introduced yesterday by Representative Doyle Heffley which would allow landline telcos to enter into cost sharing agreements with Pa DOT […]
Legislature – 6-11-21
The House Consumer Affairs Committee is poised to consider legislation which provides for an inventory of state-owned assets which can be used for broadband deployment. Sponsored by Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill, […]
Legislature – 06-04-21
Introduced and referred to the House Consumer Affairs Committee yesterday, Representative Pam Snyder’s HB 1488 addresses broadband on a number of fronts. First, the bill changes the 1.544 Mbps minimum […]
Legislature – 5-21-21
On Monday, the Senate Communications & Technology Committee will meet to consider Senate Bill 696 which, among other things, requires state agencies to notify individuals of a data breach within […]
Legislature – 4-30-21
The Senate doubled down on last week’s missive to Governor Wolf regarding the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), with this week’s support of Senate Bill 119 by the Environmental Resources […]