Thursday, August 13, 2026

Permitting Reform Remains a Top Priority: BEAD Contractors Need to Obtain Over 86,000 Permits

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In order to complete all of the construction projects funded by the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity and Access Deployment (BEAD) program, a ...
Wednesday, August 12, 2026

FCC to Improve USF Management but Still Congressional Reform Is Needed

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The FCC voted last week to strengthen its management of the Universal Service Fund, including improving the FCC’s oversight of the Universa...
Friday, August 07, 2026

California PUC Scheduled to Vote on Charter/Cox Transaction: Additional Bites at the "Conditions" Apple Shouldn't Be Allowed to Upset the Pro-Consumer Cart

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Next Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) at long last is poised to vote on the transfer of control of Cox Enterpris...
Tuesday, August 04, 2026

FCC Simplifies Its Broadband "Nutrition" Labels

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On July 22, the Commission adopted a Report and Order modifying its broadband "nutrition" label rules. According to the News Rele...
Monday, August 03, 2026

NTIA's "Call to Action" on 6G

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Last week, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued a “ Call to Action for 6G Leadership and Security .” So far...

Yet Another Call to Get Permitting Reform Done

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Believers in the need for permitting reform received another boost on July 29 when two prominent voices co-authored a letter in Route Fifty...
Thursday, July 30, 2026

When Old Versions of "Net Neutrality" May Seem Quaint

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It's beginning to look quite possible – although, thankfully, not a certainty at this point – that the Democratic Socialists of America ...
Thursday, July 16, 2026

We Need NHPA Reform to Enable AI

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The Free State Foundation has written many times about how difficulty obtaining necessary government permits and rights-of-way adds unwarra...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Gene Simmons is Right: Pass the AMFA Now!

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Gene Simmons, the co-founder and bass player for KISS, the iconic rock band, has a short but important op-ed in today's Wall Street Jour...