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BEAD
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07/16/2025
Effros: The Rate of Change
So we’re back where we were with rate of return regulation: an incentive to spend more. There’s just not much rate of change in our regulatory thinking.
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07/15/2025
BEAD Tweaks Leave Rate Regulation Bills in Uncertainty
As several states weigh bills that would mandate low-income broadband offerings from ISPs, the recent changes to NTIA’s $42.5 billion BEAD program have prompted legislators to reassess their approach in closing the digital divide.
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06/30/2025
Big Bill Watch and Wait
As we wait for the outcome of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” there’s plenty of fretting over a newly brokered AI moratorium on states’ ability to regulate AI.
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06/23/2025
BEAD Reverberations
ALLO Communications, a regional ISP in Nebraska, is seeking to cut staff through a voluntary resignation program.
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06/09/2025
BroadbandOhio Warns: BEAD Projects Carry High Costs
As we hurry up and wait for BEAD 2.0, state broadband offices have some advice for broadband providers.
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06/06/2025
BEAD 2.0 is Here
NTIA released its official revisions to the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program and there are some aspects ISPs will like.