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D.C. Memo: Sen. Capito Wants NTIA to Restore West Virginia's Full $1.2 Billion in BEAD Funding
▪️OAN President Responds to Carr on 39% Cap▪️Free State: Shift USF to Affordability▪️Moffett: Cable Could Get Boost from Calif. ACP Pilot▪️House Panel…
12 hrs ago • 
Ted Hearn
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D.C. Memo: Starlink Slashes U.S. Prices in New Offer Across Several Rural States
▪️S.C. Officials Ready to Jam Prison Cell Phones▪️Breezeline Skips WEA Role▪️FBA: 88 Million U.S. Fiber Passings▪️Wanted: A Trump EO to Exempt Tax on…
Sep 15 • 
Ted Hearn
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Policyband Special Report: Exclusive Interview with FCC Chairman Brendan Carr
President Trump's communications point man breaks out his fall agenda
Sep 15 • 
Ted Hearn
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D.C. Memo: Newsom Sent Bill Allowing California Renters to Opt Out of Bulk Billing Internet Plans
▪️CTA Bashes NAB In Front of Trusty▪️FTC Studying Creepy AI Chatbots▪️Levin: NTIA Wants to Keep BEAD Surplus▪️Cruz Bows New AI Plan ▪️Starlink to FCC…
Sep 12 • 
Ted Hearn
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D.C. Memo: West Virginia on Same BEAD Page with White House, Lutnick
▪️Carr: EchoStar-SpaceX Deal Likely 'Gamechanger'▪️Senate GOP Group Raises Wi-Fi Concerns with Carr▪️Charter CEO Winfrey Makes Rounds at FCC▪️Trusty…
Sep 11 • 
Ted Hearn
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D.C. Memo: Check Please – Louisiana Wants to Raid Lutnick’s $13 Billion BEAD Piggy Bank
▪️Carr Concludes EchoStar Review▪️NCTA: iPhones Compete for Internet Subs▪️Wisconsin Dem Gov. Sasses Trump Admin on BEAD▪️Five Questions for OAN’s…
Sep 10 • 
Ted Hearn
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Special Report: Five Questions for OAN President Charles Herring
Conservative voices start to speak out on the Nexstar-TEGNA transaction
Sep 10 • 
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D.C. Memo: OAN Joins Newsmax in Voicing Opposition to Nexstar-TEGNA
▪️Carr to Launch Media Ownership Review▪️Center-Right Groups to FCC: Don’t Cap Big Four’s Fees▪️FCC Moves Against ‘Bad Labs’▪️Japan Coast Guard Hires…
Sep 9 • 
Ted Hearn
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D.C. Memo: FCC's Carr Racing to Jam Cell Phone Crime in American Prisons
▪️BREAKING: SpaceX Paying $17b for EchoStar Airwaves▪️Starlink Upset with Colo. BEAD Plan▪️CTIA: Wireless Data Usage Keeps Surging▪️Lutnick’s BEAD…
Sep 8 • 
Ted Hearn
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D.C. Memo: Smokin' Amazon− Project Kuiper Demos 1Gbps Download Speeds
▪️Alaska Fiber Drama Finally Ends▪️Comcast CFO: FWA’s Strength a Surprise▪️Carr in Arkansas Today on Illegal Prison Phones▪️JetBlue Going with Project…
Sep 5 • 
Ted Hearn
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D.C. Memo: Can Elon Musk Gain a Global Starlink Monopoly? Likely Not, Says Analyst Moffett
▪️Carr to Reverse Biden's 'Unlawful' Wi-Fi Orders▪️New C-SPAN CEO Gains YouTube TV Deal▪️Sook: FCC Moving Quickly on Dereg▪️Shentel CEO: BEAD Projects…
Sep 4 • 
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D.C. Memo: Sen. Cory Gardner Picked to Run NCTA as Competitive and Spectrum-Access Challenges Mount
▪️CBS News Under Fire over Noem Interview Edits ▪️Charter, Cox in New FCC Filing on Merger▪️Rosston, Wallsten Respond to BEAD Article▪️FCC Spurs NextGen…
Sep 3 • 
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