President Trump has nominated Geoffrey Starks to fill the seat recently vacated by Mignon Clyburn (See related story in Quotable Section). Starks is assistant chief in the Commission’s Enforcement Bureau […]
Author: Susan Carter
Industry News – 6-1-18
One new(ish) broadband office and one proposed in the news this week. In Maryland, Governor Larry Hogan appointed Kenrick Gordon (formerly of the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service and frequent attendee […]
State Legislature
The status of the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s broadband project came up during Wednesday’s Senate Transportation Committee hearing in response to a question from Committee Chairman Senator John Rafferty. The response, from […]
Congress
One Senator called it a “monumental day” as, on Wednesday, the U.S Senate voted 52-47 to overturn the FCC’s net neutrality repeal. While the House is unlikely to even address […]
Daily Number – 620,000,000
On Tuesday, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee unveiled its fiscal year 2019 agriculture funding bill, which includes $620 million for rural broadband funding through both loan and grant programs.
Industry News – 5/4/18
The PA Turnpike Commission received some media coverage this week highlighting its plan to run a broadband network along its 550-mile roadway. PTC spokesmen offered that the project will cost […]
Industry News – 4-27-18
The USDA has announced that it is accepting applications for the 17th year of rural broadband loans. The agency plans to make more than $100 million available through its Rural […]
Industry News
It’s another five years for PA PUC Chairman Gladys Brown, who was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday, and sworn in during the Commission’s public meeting yesterday. Brown offered […]
Industry News – 4-13-18
The federal government’s star witness in the AT&T-Time Warner merger case took the stand this week and threw a sizeable number before the court as to the consumer cost of […]