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BEAD
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11/18/2025
BEAD Train Moving Again
All the permitting talk Tuesday was capped by NTIA’s approval of 18 final BEAD proposals that the association said will save approximately $6 billion combined.
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11/04/2025
BEAD Highlights Broadband Workforce Concerns
It’s taken a lot of work from a myriad of stakeholders to get the $42.5 billion BEAD bus rolling, but with a shrinking broadband workforce, the job gets tougher.
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10/30/2025
Roth Gives WiFi a Shout-Out
As the spectrum wars continue, NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth told stakeholders Thursday that a tech-neutral approach isn’t just a slogan.
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10/15/2025
Effros: Utility Competition
In a conversation I had with him many years ago, John Malone, then CEO of Telecommunications Inc (TCI)—the largest cable company at the time—asked if I thought we could get “Washington” to regulate cable as a “public utility.”
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09/26/2025
More BEAD Changes Inbound?
State broadband offices have been letting out collective groans as it appears NTIA is preparing to make further changes to its $42.5 billion BEAD program.
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09/18/2025
Effros: In Defense of Decisionmakers
I was going to title this column “in defense of regulators,” but the same fundamental problem faced by regulators is confronting almost all decisionmakers, especially those who are responsible for long-range planning and commitments.