After more than three years of consideration, amidst the largest federal and state investment in broadband deployment, and anticipating disputes between broadband providers and utility pole owners ...

On December 15, 2023, after more than three years of consideration, and amid the largest ever federal investment in broadband, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) unanimously adopted a new ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia is on the verge of a $1.2 billion federally funded broadband buildout but that expansion may be held up by a problem that’s been around for years. Kelly Workman The ...

CHARLESTON — West Virginia has the federal money for broadband expansion. The applications are in from internet service providers to begin running fiber lines to areas of the state either unserved or ...

The issue of who pays for pole replacements, the electric utility or the internet service provider attaching new broadband equipment, is at the heart of an order issued Monday by the West Virginia ...

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As government officials discuss the affordability of broadband, some regulators are helping contribute to the problem by implementing sky-high pole attachment fees, the cost of which tend to be passed ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Mon Power and Frontier Communications are proposing amendments to their joint ownership agreement when it comes to approving internet service providers to connect to their power ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Public Utility District No. 1 is raising its rates for pole attachment fees, increasing them to the highest allowable rates in 2025. Pole attachment fees are costs the ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is pushing an effort to give it jurisdiction over pole attachments, which could fuel broadband expansion. The deployment of broadband, ...

Broadband users in Tennessee could soon see a big increase in their monthly bills if legislation now before the state legislature passes. SB 1222 and HB 1111 are companion bills that would allow ...

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