It’s all about trees (specifically who replaces them) and water in legislation on the docket for consideration by the House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee next week. Up for […]
Author: Susan Carter
Industry News: 3-13-26
As both federal and Pennsylvania policymakers and regulators are analyzing the impact and future of universal service funds, NTCA issued a report on the matter from the federal perspective. The […]
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission had its opportunity to answer questions from both the Senate and House Appropriations Committees this week and a preponderance of the queries revolved around electric […]
Industry News: 2-20-26
As promised, big news on intercarrier compensation at this week’s open meeting of the FCC. The Commissioners voted to advance a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking designed to accelerate network modernization […]
Industry News: 2-13-26
Next week’s open meeting of the Federal Communications Commission will feature the promised (and controversial) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on reforming eligibility for the Lifeline program but also an NPRM […]
February 6, 2026
“Precedent-Setting” and “first-of-its-kind” are the terms being used in a news release issued yesterday by the FCC heralding its 60-day resolution of a pole attachment complaint between Appalachian Power Company […]
Industry News: 1-30-26
It is no secret that BEAD, other federal broadband deployment programs, and now data centers are impacting the fiber supply chain, but an article in Fierce this week highlighted just […]
Industry News: 1-23-26
The deal is done. Verizon filed a Consummation Notice with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission on Wednesday indicating that its union with Frontier is official.
Industry News: 1-16-26
Early in the week, the FCC closed a loophole in their handset unlocking rules which has proven to be a perfect environment to encourage fraud and even drug running and […]