In case you missed it, the FCC recently announced that it will vote sometime next month on eliminating the rural rate floor which is scheduled to increase to $26.98 on […]
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Industry News – 3-29-19
A swirl of commentary this week (See related story in Quotable Section), as FCC Chairman Ajit Pai circulated a draft notice teeing-up an overall cap on all of the federal […]
Industry News – 3-22-19
Very good news out of Windstream in the wake of its recent bankruptcy announcement. CEO Tony Thomas said this week that it added 14,000 new broadband subscribers in 2018; giving […]
Legislative – March 15, 2019
The nuisance of robocalls will be the focus of a Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing to be held next Thursday, March 21st. Senator Andrew Dinniman (Chester County) is the moving […]
78,000,000 – Daily Number 3/8/19
News on funding for state-level broadband projects continues to surface across the country and this week’s offering comes from Wisconsin. The state is appropriating $78 million for deployment of a […]
Industry News
In the wake of a federal judge ruling which concluded that it broke its agreement with bondholders, Windstream filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday. Company president and CEO Tony […]
Legislative – 2-22-19
A busy day on the hill Tuesday for the five Commissioners of the PUC who appeared before the House Consumer Affairs Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee to discuss the […]
Legislature – 2-15-19
On Wednesday, Philadelphia Democratic Senator Larry Farnese distributed a co-sponsorship memo seeking support for legislation which would classify Internet Service Providers as public utilities, regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility […]
Industry News – 2-8-19
Governor Wolf took his Restore Pennsylvania message on the road this week in a visit to Dover Area High School in York County where he offered that “For Pennsylvania to […]