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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FCC To Vote on New Pole Attachments Rules to Promote Broadband Expansion

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 concerning the terms and...more

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Georgetown Broadband LLC Secures Utility Pole Attachment Authorization for Community Broadband Project

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On February 17, 2023, Georgetown Broadband LLC (GBLLC) became the latest community broadband entity to receive pole attachment authorization from the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to deploy a fiber broadband...more

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CPUC to Consider Expansion of Service Quality Standards to Internet-Based Telecommunications Providers

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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a Proposed Decision on March 7 that, if adopted, would expand the service quality standards that currently apply to telephone companies that provide standard telephone...more

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Ninth Circuit Approves California's Net Neutrality Law, Shifts Focus to FCC

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In 2018, the FCC deregulated broadband internet access service, repealed its 2015 net neutrality rules, and specified that these actions were intended to preempt state net neutrality laws. On appeal, the D.C. Circuit upheld...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

California Communications Infrastructure Update: A Look Back at Regulatory Developments in 2021

2021 was a very active year for regulatory developments related to communications infrastructure in California. Several proceedings of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) were intended to: (i) enhance...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Vermont Legislative Update Week 11 | Government and Public Affairs

House passes budget, directs federal relief money - The House gave unanimous final approval on Friday to a $7 billion state budget that includes a general framework for spending a large portion of the $1.3 billion...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

A Declaration of Independence: Pennsylvania to Regulate Pole Attachments

Pennsylvania will become the twenty-first state to certify to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it regulates third-party attachments to electric utility and telephone poles. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Back To The Future: FCC Returns To Light Touch Regulation Of The Internet

This week, the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC’s”) Restoring Internet Freedom Order took effect, rolling back the public-utility style regulation of Internet service providers (“ISPs”) pursuant to title II of the...more

Nossaman LLP

California Telecom Providers File Suit to Protect Competitively Sensitive Information

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On May 5, AT&T Mobility along with several other telecommunications providers and trade associations filed a complaint in the Northern District of California against the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”)...more

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Impact of Reclassification on Pole Attachments

The Order recognizes that the deployment of communications networks and broadband infrastructure depends heavily on access to utility poles on reasonable rates, terms and conditions. Accordingly, the Order declined to...more

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