Monday, September 28, 2026

Maryland’s Misguided Digital Ad Tax: The Fight Continues in Trial Court

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The Maryland Attorney General is appealing the Maryland Tax Court’s decision last month that struck down the state’s digital advertising ta...
Friday, September 18, 2026

Congressional Reform Is More Urgent Than Ever as the USF Tax Rate Shoots to 42%

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The tax that telecommunications service providers pay to fund the Universal Service Fund reached yet another all-time record high of 42% in ...
Wednesday, September 09, 2026

Price Regulation Is Not the Answer for Broadband

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By Randolph May and Joseph Kennedy   In a recent blog posting on the Benton Institute’s Digital Beat, Christopher Ali, the Pioneers Chair i...
Tuesday, September 08, 2026

NTIA Release of More BEAD Money Properly Targets Deployment

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For several months the telecommunications world has speculated on the future of the Broadband, Equity, and Access Deployment Program (BEAD)....
Thursday, September 03, 2026

EchoStar: Chutzpah in Communications Land

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  A classic example used to explain the meaning of the Yiddish term "chutzpah" is the joke about a boy who murders his parents and...
Friday, August 21, 2026

Maryland’s Digital Ad Tax Struck Down: The Fight Is Likely to Continue

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Last week, the Maryland Tax Court struck down the state’s controversial 2020 digital advertising tax on grounds that it violates the Const...
Friday, August 14, 2026

PRESS RELEASE: "FSF President Randolph May Applauds the California PUC's Approval of the Charter-Cox Merger"

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  I'm pleased that the California Public Utilities Commission – finally! – approved the proposed Charter-Cox transaction, clearing the w...

California Reward Programs Underscore Gravity of Copper Theft

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California, in particular, has a serious problem. Its communications infrastructure is under assault. And high-value copper is the motivator...