Mar 5, 2024
News & Updates
Mar 12, 2024
Continued Utility Pole Issues Demonstrate Need for Additional Action
With thousands of broadband deployment projects already underway and thousands more to begin this year…
Mar 5, 2024
Feb 13, 2024
CTF Submits Comments on the FCC’s FNPRM
Connect the Future (CTF) filed official comments in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) third…
Feb 2, 2024
LAW360: BROADBAND COALITION ASKS NTIA TO HELP LOWER POLE COSTS
To read the full letter referenced in the Law360 article below, please click here. ***…
Dec 13, 2023
CONNECT THE FUTURE STATEMENT ON FCC ACTION ON POLE ATTACHMENTS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During today’s Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved…
Dec 12, 2023
CORRECTING THE RECORD: USTELECOM’S MISLEADING CLAIMS ON POLE POLICY
During its December open meeting this week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will consider proposed…
Dec 7, 2023
Edward J. Lopez: Internet for All Won’t Happen Without Real Pole Access Reform from the FCC
To help close the nation’s digital divide, Washington lawmakers passed the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access,…
Dec 6, 2023
WITHOUT FCC ACTION TO ENSURE POLE OWNERS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE TO REPAIR AND UPGRADE THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, BROADBAND FOR ALL IS AT RISK
Some pole owners are evading the costs of repairing and upgrading their infrastructure by unfairly shifting the full…
Oct 30, 2023
Correcting the Record: Utilities’ False Claims That Pole Issues Do Not Impede Broadband Deployment
As the federal government distributes historic sums of broadband grants aimed at closing the digital divide…
Oct 19, 2023