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11 hours ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2025 – At nearly 1 a.m. Wednesday, House Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee passed communications provisions in a broader reconciliation budget package unchanged, defeating a series of Democratic amendments that would have redirected spectrum auction revenue toward broadband affordability, public safety, and cybersecurity initiatives.
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1 day ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2025 – Protesters were forcibly removed from a heated House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Tuesday as lawmakers began marking up their portion of the reconciliation budget bill, which includes sweeping provisions on artificial intelligence regulation and spectrum policy.
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1 day ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2025 – Following a series of petitions from SpaceX, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has ordered a review of a 2024 agency decision that gave EchoStar three more years to deploy its 5G network – potentially putting the company’s hold on 40 megahertz of mid-band spectrum in the 2 GigaHertz (GHz) band in jeopardy.
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2 days ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2025 – A Republican budget proposal that would block state and local governments from regulating artificial intelligence for the next decade drew sharp criticism Monday. Tucked into a broader budget reconciliation bill advanced by Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee Monday, the provision would prohibit states, cities, and counties from passing or enforcing any law that regulates AI models or systems until 2035.
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2 days ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
May 12, 2025 – The University of Virginia has partnered with Comcast Business to address longstanding cellular coverage gaps across its Charlottesville Grounds, leveraging Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum and a newly deployed private wireless network. The system, now live in select areas, integrates directly with participating mobile carriers, enabling students, faculty, and visitors to connect automatically.
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2 days ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2025 – The Federal Communications Commission is a prime candidate for DOGE-style reform, said Commissioner Nathan Simington and his newly appointed Chief of Staff Gavin Wax. In an op-ed published Friday in the Daily Caller, Simington and Wax called for “Trump to DOGE the FCC,” a reference to the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency aimed at cutting spending and reducing staff.
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5 days ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2025 – Sky Fiber Internet, the largest Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment awardee in Nevada, has called on federal officials to expedite broadband projects that have stalled in the state .
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5 days ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2025 – The number of U.S. locations eligible for broadband funding through the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program has fallen 57% since 2023, according to a new report – a shift that, in many states, has sharply increased the amount of funding available per location. A few state officials interviewed this week mostly agreed with the trend.
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5 days ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2025 – Less than three years after All Points Broadband was contracted to build 536 miles of fiber to connect over 4,300 homes in Culpeper County, Virginia, the county issued a stop-work order “due to nonperformance,” halting the effort just as crews prepared to begin connecting individual homes. “In Culpeper, we had a fully funded project that would be complete by the end of this year,” APB CEO Jimmy Carr told Broadband Breakfast in an interview Thursday.
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6 days ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 8, 2025 – The Senate just voted to repeal a Federal Communications Commission rule allowing schools and libraries to use federal broadband funds to lend Wi-Fi hotspots for off-campus use. The resolution passed 50–38 Thursday, with all “yes” votes coming from Republicans and all “no” votes from Democrats and independents. But 12 senators – including Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss. – did not vote. Sen.
