A mid-week, party-line vote by the Senate Commerce Committee has sent President Trump’s FCC nominee Nathan Simington one step closer to a Commissioner’s seat. The 14-12 vote was quiet from […]
Author: Susan Carter
Legislative – 11/20/20
Legislation establishing a BB fund is working its way closer to the Governor’s desk after unanimously passing the House this week. Senate Bill 835 provides for the Unserved High-Speed Broadband […]
Congress – 11-13-20
On Tuesday, the Senate Commerce Committee grilled President Trump’s FCC nominee Nathan Simington with questions on 5G, spectrum management and, most notably, activity on Section 230 and reigning in social […]
Industry News – 10-30-20
On Wednesday, the inaugural meeting of the PUC’s Pole Attachment Working Group was held (virtually of course), and participants addressed a variety of issues including an overview of the Commission’s […]
Legislative – 10/23/20
With regard to regulatory modernization, on Wednesday, the Senate passed just such an initiative in the form of Phillips-Hill’s Senate Bill 1112 by a vote of 33-16. The legislation waives […]
Industry News
Yesterday, on a 3-1 vote, (Vice Chairman Sweet dissenting), the PA PUC supported a Motion by Chairman Brown Dutrieuille lifting the moratorium on service terminations put in place by the […]
Legislature – 10/2/2020
Legislation appropriating $5 million for broadband deployment is on the move in the House. Having passed the Senate unanimously in early September, Senate Bill 835 was reported out of the […]
Legislature – 9/25/20
Early in the week, the state Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 764, legislation which, among other things, prohibits robocalls between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. and Caller ID spoofing. The […]
Industry News – 9-18-20
CenturyLink re-branded this week, and its new Lumen title reflects the company’s “focus on enabling enterprises to navigate the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution, which include digital technologies such […]