With the start of the new fiscal year on the horizon, several budget bills of interest to the regulated telco industry are poised for consideration. House Bill 1374 contains the […]
Author: Susan Carter
Legislative News – 5/3/19
A little deck shuffling this week by Senate Republican leadership has replaced Senator Wayne Langerholc as Chair of the Senate Communications and Technology Committee with freshman Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill. The […]
Industry News – 4-26-19
Governor Tom Wolf provided opening remarks at Wednesday’s Pennsylvania Priorities Summit in State College which featured several panels focused on rural broadband deployment in the state. Wolf was touting his […]
Congress – 4-19-19
The White House has politely declined the request of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) to produce communications between the President and his advisers regarding the merger of AT&T […]
Industry News – 4-12-19
At its Public Meeting yesterday, the PUC unanimously approved the application of Tri-Co Connections to be designated as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier; allowing the rural electric cooperative to receive federal […]
Industry News – 4-5-19
In case you missed it, the FCC recently announced that it will vote sometime next month on eliminating the rural rate floor which is scheduled to increase to $26.98 on […]
Industry News – 3-29-19
A swirl of commentary this week (See related story in Quotable Section), as FCC Chairman Ajit Pai circulated a draft notice teeing-up an overall cap on all of the federal […]
Industry News – 3-22-19
Very good news out of Windstream in the wake of its recent bankruptcy announcement. CEO Tony Thomas said this week that it added 14,000 new broadband subscribers in 2018; giving […]
Legislative – March 15, 2019
The nuisance of robocalls will be the focus of a Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing to be held next Thursday, March 21st. Senator Andrew Dinniman (Chester County) is the moving […]