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Preemption is Double-Edged Sword, warns Pai Chief of Staff
If the FCC can preempt state laws that restrict cities from spending taxpayer dollars building government-owned broadband networks, it can use the same power to...
Wheeler Stonewalls Congress on Muni Broadband Preemption
Can the FCC preempt state laws restricting taxpayer-funded municipal broadband without violating the Constitution? In June, sixty House Republicans posed this very question to FCC...
The Smart, Bipartisan Way to Address Interconnection Concerns
TechFreedom and the International Center for Law and Economics (ICLE) submitted comments Friday in response to the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s fourth white paper,...
Government-Run Broadband Will Fail in Court and in the Real World
Only Congress, not the FCC, Can Preempt State Laws Affecting Broadband Deployment Yesterday, Chattanooga, TN and Wilson, NC filed petitions to the FCC requesting that...
Congress Must Make Broadband Deployment Easier
Broadband is undoubtedly a critical tool for business development, education, and countless other facets of a modern society. So why isn’t Congress talking about making...
Let’s Not Make Fiber the Concorde of the Internet, We Tell the FCC
The Fiber to the Home Council recently asked the Federal Communications Commission to create a $150 million/year program to subsidize construction of 1 Gbps fiber...