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  "description": "Carriers worry permitting delays and labor shortages could lead to connectivity loss in rural communities. ",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T20:42:07.000Z",
  "site": "https://broadbandbreakfast.com",
  "tags": [
    "Rip-and-Replace program",
    "Feb. 10 meeting with CCA representatives and Callie Coker",
    "Learn more about Broadband Breakfast Live Online",
    "Signup on CHAT for BroadbandLive",
    "Subscribe now"
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2026 – The Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) said its members can’t meet the May 2026 Rip-and-Replace program deadline, citing permitting delays, supply chain constraints and labor shortages.\n\nIn a Feb. 10 meeting with CCA representatives and Callie Coker**,** the legal advisor to Federal Communications Commission Chairman **Brendan Carr** , the CCA said because of the deadline’s infeasibility, rural and hard-to-serve communities may face service disruptions and connectivity loss.\n\n“More broadly, premature project termination would undermine the national security and connectivity objectives Congress sought to achieve when it fully funded the Reimbursement Program,” said **Angela Simpson** , CCA senior vice president and general counsel.\n\nLearn more about Broadband Breakfast Live Online\n\n\n                            Signup on CHAT for BroadbandLive\n                        \n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Telecommunications Providers Struggle to Meet May Rip-and-Replace Deadline",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-21T09:58:35.772Z"
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