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5 days ago | 
policyband.com | Ted Hearn
Commerce: Looks like Paul Dabbar, a former nuclear submarine officer nominated to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, will likely be confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate tomorrow. Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) filed cloture yesterday, a procedural step that Dabbar is expected to clear today followed by his confirmation vote likely Wednesday.
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6 days ago | 
policyband.com | Ted Hearn
Fiber: The fiber bandwagon just hit a bump in the road. ALLO Fiber, a regional ISP in Nebraska, is trying to cut staff quickly to cope with a cash burn problem ascribed to capital limitations from investors and delays in the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program.
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1 week ago | 
policyband.com | Ted Hearn
FCC: If CBSSports football swami Tony Romo covered the FCC, the excitable former NFL QB would probably react to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s latest move by saying, “Here we go, Jim!” Just one day after the Senate delivered Carr his first Republican majority since Jan.
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1 week ago | 
policyband.com | Ted Hearn
🔷 Advisory: Policyband will not publish on Juneteeth, a federal holiday 🔷FCC: Senate staffer Olivia Trusty just got a nice promotion. She’s now FCC CommissionerOlivia Trusty after the Senate voted yesterday afternoon to confirm her nomination transmitted to that body by President Trump on February 11.
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1 week ago | 
policyband.com | Ted Hearn
FCC: FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has waited 148 days for his Republican majority. Today, the waiting ends. If all goes according to plan, the Senate will confirm Olivia Trusty, giving Republicans a 2-1 advantage that would have been 3-1 had not FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington abruptly resigned on June 6.
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1 week ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Ted Hearn
💡◾ WSJ: Hotwire Has Agreed to a Sale ◾ Judge Asks: Should I Boot Resigned Bedoya? ◾ Cable One Insider Makes Big Buy ◾ House Bill Saves ReConnect ◾ FCC Space Bureau Chief: LEOs a Threat to Rural ISPsRetrans: altafiber, a regional voice, video and broadband provider, has filed an FCC retransmission consent complaint against broadcast giant Nexstar Media Group involving a bargaining meltdown in Ohio.
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1 week ago | 
policyband.com | Ted Hearn
Retrans: altafiber, a regional voice, video and broadband provider, has filed an FCC retransmission consent complaint against broadcast giant Nexstar Media Group involving a bargaining meltdown in Ohio. At issue is Nexstar’s insistence that altafiber carry its NewsNation cable channel in Cincinnati and Dayton to secure continued carriage rights to Nexstar’s NBC Dayton affiliate WDTN.
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2 weeks ago | 
policyband.com | Ted Hearn
FCC: Things are about to get more interesting at the FCC under ChairmanBrendan Carr. Last night, Senate Majority Leader John Thune took the first procedural step toward confirming Olivia Trusty as a Republican FCC Commissioner.
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2 weeks ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Drew Clark |Ted Hearn
💡◾ FTC's Bedoya Exits, Slaughter Stickin’ ◾ Verizon Battles RWA Access to MVNO Details ◾ Simington in EchoStar’s Corner ◾ Phoenix Center Questions ACP Design ◾ House Voting Today on Ending CPB FundingSenate: Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee want to be sure they get to vote on the spectrum-crammed reconciliation package unveiled by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) last week.
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2 weeks ago | 
policyband.com | Ted Hearn
Senate:Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee want to be sure they get to vote on the spectrum-crammed reconciliation package unveiled by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) last week. “We, too, were elected by our constituents to represent the public interest, and we should be afforded the opportunity to properly serve them by considering this legislation before it is brought to the Senate floor,” said Commerce’s ranking member Sen.
