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D.C. Memo: GOP Sen. Ernst Takes a Final Shot at Wasteful BEAD Spending

Retiring Iowa Republican says, ‘Federal funds must be tied to specific, auditable deliverables that directly advance the connection of unserved…

Nov 13 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Musk Invades the Cable Homeland as Starlink’s Urban Growth Rate Rockets Higher

According to Ookla, since October 2025 about 90% of new Starlink users switched from cable, DSL, or fixed wireless access connections. Ookla estimates…

Nov 12 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Senate Democrats Likely to Vent about Carr at Thumann Severs Confirmation Hearing Today

In prepared testimony, FCC nominee Danielle Thumann Severs calls for modernizing communications networks, strengthening public safety, and cracking down…

Nov 10 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Plummeting Cable One on the Brink – Shares Face Delisting from New York Stock Exchange

Removal from the NYSE would be a near-catastrophic event for shareholders, making trading common shares difficult and likely driving away institutional…

Nov 9 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Deutsche Telekom CEO Says Starlink Mobile Needs to Spend $200 Billion – ‘Welcome to the Party’

‘We always have said that satellite services will not substitute terrestrial service. It’s impossible,’ Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Höttges says

Nov 6 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: GOP Loses House Communications Panel Chairman Richard Hudson in Shocking Defeat

Veteran lawmaker lost by 6,000 votes to Richard Ojeda, 55, a retired U.S. Army Major who served in the West Virginia State Senate before moving to North…

Nov 5 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Cruz to Advance Just Thumann Severs for the FCC, Leaving Democrat Gomez Tapping a Foot

Cruz takes pressure off Thumann Severs by adding three other witnesses for NASA and Transportation posts, likely forcing Democrats to spread their…

Nov 4 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Wall Street to SpaceX: The NO in MVNO Means NO Backdoor Deals

Analysts doubt SpaceX could inherit Boost Mobile’s resale deals with AT&T or T-Mobile to expand Starlink as a mobile competitor

Nov 3 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Throw it Back? California Gov. Newsom Urged to Reject $1.4 Billion in BEAD Money over Net Neutrality

Ahead of the Nov. 1 BEAD funding deadline, Stanford Law professor Barbara van Schewick urged California’s governor not to accept the broadband money…

Nov 2 • Ted Hearn

October 2026

D.C. Memo: FCC Targets California’s COLR Regs in New Order Circulated by Carr

Agency is looking to eliminate red tape imposed by the California Public Utilities Commission to block AT&T from shutting down legacy copper networks

Oct 30 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Carr Confident Courts Will Back FCC on Cell Phone Jamming in State Prisons

‘This isn’t going to be a silver bullet at the end of the day but is a tool that has been denied law enforcement and corrections officials for too…

Oct 29 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: FCC’s Carr to Unveil Plan for Jamming Contraband Cell Phones in State Prisons

FCC leader to address this public safety issue today at a Little Rock, Ark. press conference alongside Sen. Tom Cotton (R‑Ark.) and Arkansas Attorney…

Oct 28 • Ted Hearn

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