Blake Reid

Aug 13, 2024 | broadbandbreakfast.com | Jake Neenan |Teralyn Whipple |Stephanie Joyce |Blake Reid

WASHINGTON, August 13, 2024 – Federal regulators need to establish firm deadlines to prevent many pole owners from delaying the deployment of broadband infrastructure in rural America. The Federal Communications Commission is coming under pressure to finalize pole attachment rules ahead of the release of funds in a multibillion dollar federal broadband expansion program run by the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

Aug 13, 2024 | broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper |Teralyn Whipple |Stephanie Joyce |Blake Reid

WASHINGTON, August 13, 2024 – The broadband providers continued yesterday to lean on the major questions doctrine in their legal effort to strike down the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules. Sixth Circuit judges have already signaled they’re sympathetic to that line of argument.

Aug 13, 2024 | broadbandbreakfast.com | Stephanie Joyce |Blake Reid |Daniel Lyons |Drew Clark

August 13, 2024 – The North Carolina Department of Information Technology’s Division of Broadband and Digital Equity announced a notice of funding and guidance availability for the Stop-Gap Solutions program on Monday. The program will provide $86 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to support the buildout of high-speed internet infrastructure deployments across the state.