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Industry News: 4-5-24

Fireworks are certainly in store for pre- and post- April 25th FCC open meeting if this week’s offerings are any indication. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced mid-week that the Commission […]

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Industry News – 3-29-24

Big news out of Beaver County this week as Kinetic by Windstream announced the completion of its ultrafast fiber internet network which will serve 250 customer locations in the county.  […]

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Industry News – 3-22-24

Early in the week the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority announced the unveiling of its new website, found here: Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority website.  In consultation with a variety of partners […]

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Industry News: 3-15-24

In other FCC news, at its open meeting yesterday, the Commission took the opportunity to raise its official definition of high-speed fixed broadband from 25/3 Mbps to 100/20 Mbps to […]

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Legislature – 3-8-24

The House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee unanimously voted 911 legislation out of committee this week in the form of House Bill 1854. The bill was amended to strip […]

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Industry News – 3-1-24

Yesterday’s PermitConnectPA conference featured a presentation from Governo Josh Shapiro and several break-out sessions focusing on challenges which public utilities (and others) have with state, federal, and local permitting. PTA […]

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Industry News – 2-23-24

Governor Josh Shapiro has made permitting reform a top priority for his administration and the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is helping to make that vision a reality by soliciting industry […]

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In an effort led by the NTCA, the PTA joined a group of RLEC coalitions, consortia, and other state associations in filing an ex parte letter with the FCC raising […]

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Industry News – 2/9/24

The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority reached out this week with news of an upcoming program designed to help counties and municipalities achieve Broadband Ready Community status prior to federal funding […]

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