January 6, 2025

January 6, 2025

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Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Overturns FCC Net Neutrality Order

Late last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a decision overturning the FCC’s Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet Order (i.e., latest net neutrality rules). Read More

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Final BEAD Alternative Broadband Technology Policy Notice

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Infrastructure Act), enacted in November 2021, includes funding for robust investment in American infrastructure projects. The Act includes the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, which provides $42.45 billion of funding to achieve reliable, affordable, and high-speed Internet coverage throughout the United States. See Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 § 60102, 47 U.S.C. § 1702. Read More

Broadband Policy Toolkit

With roughly 9 out of 10 adults in America using the internet, many consider it to be a necessity of modern life. Because internet access is inadequate or unavailable in parts of the country, states and the federal government are focusing on deploying broadband—the technologies that allow internet data to be transmitted at high speeds—as universally as possible. Read More

On the Hunt for More Mobile Spectrum – Are We There Yet?

The age of 5G has ushered in tremendous growth and opportunity across the communications landscape. As technology advances enable higher speeds and lower latency, innovative new use cases drive ever greater demand for connectivity. Read More

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Treasury workstations hacked by China-linked threat actors

The Department of Treasury was notified earlier this month that several of its workstations were hacked by a group believed to be linked to China, the department confirmed to CyberScoop. Read More

NERC Urges Industry Action and Awareness Ahead of Forecast Period of Severe Winter Weather

NERC is monitoring the extreme cold weather events forecast across much of North America over the next several weeks. This extreme weather pattern of arctic cold is expected to bring extremely low temperatures, damaging winds, snow, and freezing rain to midwestern, eastern, and southern states, with the potential to create significant challenges. There could be a series of successive events that could create challenges for those reliant on inventoried fuels. Read More

Tensions with Russia rise amid power line sabotage

Russia’s connection to the rupture of an undersea cable between Finland and Estonia is raising a new bevy of fears over the sabotage of critical power lines. Read More

Power companies transform former coal ash landfill site into massive solar farm — and it’s offering hope for local residents

A landfill is being repurposed as a site for one of the largest solar farm sites in West Virginia, according to Electrek. Read More

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