Hosted Payload Episode 12: Mike Carlson / Spaceman
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A Deep Dive Into Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment With Scott D. Woods — TAG Infrastructure Talks Podcast
The Business and Legal Case for EMCs and Broadband - TAG Infrastructure Talks Podcast
Broadband Funding in Georgia with Jessica Simmons of the Georgia Technology Authority - TAG Infrastructure Talks Podcast
Terry Comer and a Vision for Data Centers and Digital Equity - TAG Infrastructure Talks Podcast
[Podcast] Broadband and Beyond: A Conversation with NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson
How the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Affects Texas
Making Trade Inclusive for All Americans: An Interview with Rep. Jim Clyburn, House Majority Whip
A Look Ahead at the Biden Administration’s Regulatory and Enforcement Priorities
The Promise of Connectivity: A Conversation with USTelecom President & CEO Jonathan Spalter
Wireless Legislation on the Way?
The Latest with the FCC's Open Internet Order
At its July 24, 2025, Open Meeting, with enthusiastic support from all three Commissioners, the FCC adopted a Fifth Report and Order, Fourth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Orders on Reconsideration in WC Docket No. 17-84....more
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
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
A Funding Opportunity Announcement (“FOA”) has been published in the Federal Register announcing that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) will accept applications for the second funding round in fiscal year 2022 for the...more
What's Happening in Sacramento? Governor Gavin Newsom, Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon revealed their joint $300 billion spending plan for the 2022-2023 fiscal year after months...more
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
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act from the U.S. Congress, signed into law November 15 by President Biden, provides $1.2 trillion to rebuild roads and bridges, water infrastructure, resilience, and internet, with a...more
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, hailed by the White House as a “once-in-a-generation investment in our nation’s infrastructure and competitiveness,” became law on November 15, 2021. This new $1.2 trillion policy...more
With President Biden signing the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law, Texas is set to receive an estimated $35.4 billion to improve infrastructure. Jackson Walker attorneys Amanda Crouch and Kate Goodrich walk through...more
The expansion in federal and state funding coupled with low interest rate financing options now promise to make the goal of “middle mile” and “last mile” broadband connectivity a reality for local communities. Whether your...more
Last week, the Maine Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) and Office of Policy Innovation and the Future jointly presented to the Legislature’s Energy, Utilities, and Technology (EUT) Committee a report outlining a four-year...more
This legislative session we're witnessing similar types of bills that aim to level the playing field between pole attaching entities and pole owners—including cooperatives and municipalities—by capping rates and requiring...more
This week, Legislators considered a number of bills and Cabinet nominees from Gov. Roy Cooper. The General Assembly will not take votes during the week of April 5 and will return for business on April 12. Summer School...more
Maine’s legislature unanimously passed a new law—“An Act to Protect the Privacy of Online Customer Information” (the “Act”)—that will impose strict data protection restrictions on broadband internet service providers (ISPs)...more
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
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announced on November 15, 2018, that it is now accepting fiscal year 2019 (FY19) applications for the Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees Program on a rolling first-come,...more
After a year of heated debate between pole owners and service providers, the FCC is poised to adopt a one-touch make-ready (“OTMR”) process for the “vast majority” of pole attachments at its meeting on August 2, 2018. Late...more
Promoting infrastructure investment and broadband deployment has been a top priority for Chairman Ajit Pai’s FCC. On July 12, 2018, the Chairman took a significant stride in advancing his agenda by releasing a draft report...more
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
As part of the preparation of its annual “Section 706” report, the Federal Communications Commission recently issued a Notice of Inquiry seeking comments on whether “advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to...more
On January 23, 2017, President Donald Trump named Ajit Pai as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In his previous role as the senior Republican on the FCC under President Barack Obama, Mr. Pai was an...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has struck a major blow to the FCC’s efforts to remove barriers to broadband service and promote competition in broadband markets. In State of Tennessee v. FCC, the court...more
Cities have long been the center of economic growth in our country, and smart cities recognize that modern infrastructure is a key threshold issue to be addressed for successful economic development....more
Public entities have recently been looking for new ways to harness right of way (ROW) for broadband public-private partnership (P3) projects. Last year, the city of Santa Cruz made history by entering into a roughly $50...more
One of the many fascinating things about restructuring work is its willingness to evolve by borrowing from other areas of the law. Just as business practices change, new financing techniques evolve, and transactions become...more