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Legislature – 12-15-23

The role of the telecommunications industry in the new 911 network was the topic of yesterday’s informational meeting of the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee and representatives from […]

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Legislature – 12-8-23

Another busy week coming up for the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee which has a voting meeting scheduled for Wednesday, December 13th and an informational meeting addressing the […]

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Industry News – 12-1-23

The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority met yesterday and, among other things, unanimously approved its BEAD Volume II draft plan which addresses a wide range of topics including prevailing wage, broadband […]

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Legislature – 11/17/23

A new entrant into the legislature’s efforts to address reauthorization of Pennsylvania’s 911 statute appeared this week in the form of House Bill 1854. Prime sponsored by Representative Jared Solomon […]

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Congress – 11/10/23

Pennsylvania’s own Senator John Fetterman penned the FCC recently asking for an investigation into provider practices negatively impacting ACP recipients. In the letter, Fetterman cites constituent inquiries noting that some […]

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Legislature – November 3, 2023

Legislation addressing double utility poles unanimously passed the House on Tuesday and is on its way to the Senate for consideration. House Bill 1619 requires the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission […]

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Industry News – 10-13-23

No surprises here, but certainly newsworthy, the FCC announced this week that its next open meeting will feature a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking to reclassify broadband Internet access as […]

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Industry News – 9-29-23

A mid-week news release from Empire Access (North Penn Telephone in PA), points to big things happening in Scranton on the broadband front. The company announced that it has broken […]

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Legislature – 9-22-23

Members of the Senate Communications & Technology Committee unanimously passed two cybersecurity bills earlier this week in the form of Senate Bills 745 and 824. Sponsored by Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill […]

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