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02/09/2023
Still Talking About Junk Fees
A day after President Biden’s speech mentioning an attempt to ban “junk fees,” including switching fees for switching cable, broadband or cell phone providers, Free Press, the Consumer Federation of America and other public interest advocates submitted comments in support of the FTC’s proceeding to combat such fees.
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01/04/2023
Sohn Renomination Gets Big Reacts
The reactions came in quickly after the White House renominated Gigi Sohn to serve as the fifth FCC commissioner late Tuesday. Public Knowledge was, expectedly, among the first to offer support alongside Common Cause, CWA, Fight for the Future and Free Press with all urging for a swift confirmation.
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01/12/2022
Sohn Nomination Watch
Politico reported this week that Comcast has hired Consilium Consulting’s Kirk Adams to lobby on FCC nominations, suggesting his strong ties to Arizona may help sway Sen Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), a moderate Dem who hasn’t expressed a stance on nominee Gigi Sohn.
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07/26/2021
FCC Attempts RDOF Clean Up
After an extensive review process to identify areas of potential waste in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, the FCC is ready to make more than $311 million in funding available across 36 states as part of the fund’s Phase 1.
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06/29/2021
More Broadband Funding Should Go Towards Adoption
Nothing is set in stone in terms of how the $65 billion in funding for broadband included in the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package approved by President Biden and a bipartisan group of senators.
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05/26/2021
Broadband Prices Falling?
At the same time the White House says something must be done to make broadband more affordable, USTelecom released its own research saying prices went down in 2021 vs 2020.
