Archive - Policyband

D.C. Memo: California Regulators to Fund Fiber Projects with $32,000 in Per-Location Costs on Average

In one project, the CPUC is spending $3.8 million to connect 72 unserved locations at $54,100 per location, while the state's BEAD plan calls for…

Jun 12

Policyband Special Report: Exclusive Interview with Nexstar President and COO Michael Biard

Nexstar's hopeful states will be removed from the antitrust case, leaving just DIRECTV: 'DIRECTV’s sole desire here is just to get access to our…

Jun 11 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: NAB Tells Congress to Limit NFL's Antitrust Exemption to Broadcast TV Distribution Deals

Added as a witness Tuesday, Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez says her agency is powerless to make meaningful updates to the Sports Broadcasting…

Jun 10 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: House Judiciary Committee Report Accuses NFL of 'Roughing the TV Viewer’

Panel headed by Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), tossing a yellow flag, concludes NFL’s claims of sponsoring a 'fan‑friendly' TV model don’t match…

Jun 9 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: FCC Grants Key Waiver to Amazon Leo, Keeping Competitive Pressure on Musk’s Starlink

Space Bureau Chief Jay Schwarz says “Amazon Leo’s service promises to be ‘groundbreaking,’ both in quality of service and affordability for consumers”

Jun 8 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: FCC Chairman Carr Wants to Close E-Rate Loophole Exposing Kids to Adult Content

'If you bring your own device to a network supported by [E-Rate], you don’t necessarily have any filters on where you can go. Kids are ultimately…

Jun 5 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: FCC's Carr Ready to Slap 120-Day Deadline on States, Cities Slow Rolling Broadband Construction Builds

At the agency’s June 25 meeting, Carr plans to propose regulations intended to ensure that deployment projects are not ‘tied up in excessive red tape'

Jun 4 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: ACP Fraudster, 25, Looking at 40 Years Behind Bars after Pleading Guilty

Accused cheated $741,000 from low-income broadband program by submitting false addresses to claim the $75 tribal rate instead of the normal $30 monthly…

Jun 3 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Study Shows ISPs Kicked in $11.4 billion in BEAD Matching Funds, Topping 25% Legal Minimum by 12 Percentage Points

Internet providers have pledged $11.4 billion in matching funds — 37% of project costs and well above the program’s 25% minimum

Jun 2 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Is Fiber the Right Technology for Alaska? GCI Rushing to Fix New Subsea Fiber Tear in the Aleutians

GCI is also buying Quintillion, which suffered a fiber break in the Beaufort Sea in 2025 that could not be repaired for nine months because of freezing…

Jun 1 • Ted Hearn

May 2026

D.C. Memo: FCC's Carr Sends a Warning: ‘No Broadcaster Has a Right to Use the Public Spectrum'

The FCC in a Public Notice emphasized that TV station programming must serve local communities, not national broadcast TV networks

May 29 • Ted Hearn

D.C. Memo: Phoenix Center Rips Chattanooga's Claim Its City-Owned Broadband Had Big Economic Impact

“Much of the Chattanooga municipal broadband network was, and in part continues to be, financed by U.S. taxpayers and EPB’s captive electric…

May 28 • Ted Hearn

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