Some Lawmakers Wary Of NextNav ProposalOther witnesses promoted GPS backups using alternative satellites options or TV broadcasting infrastructure.Broadband Breakfast·4h ago·1 min readSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership OptionsSubscribe now
Roth Provides BEAD and Spectrum UpdatesThe NTIA administrator discussed some of the challenges and updates facing the administration.Broadband Breakfast·5h ago·2 min readSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Options
FCC's Trusty: Infrastructure Vandalism Is a National Security CrisisAfter 16,000 attacks, and 10 million customers cut off, Congress still hasn't acted.Broadband Breakfast·6h ago·4 min readSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership OptionsMarch 2026 Order
Trade Groups Push FCC to Keep Lifeline Verification With USACNTCA, NRECA say new identity-check and Social Security number collection duties should not be shifted to individual carriers. Broadband Breakfast·7h ago·5 min readJune 2 filingSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionsbroader Lifeline reform effort
Pennsylvania Man Faces Up to 40 Years for Defrauding Internet Subsidy ProgramThe defendant admitted to submitting false customer addresses to receive higher subsidies intended for tribal residents. Broadband Breakfast·8h ago·1 min readhas pleaded guiltyThe program expiredSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Options
AI Preemption Battle Lands in Congress With Substantive Discussion DraftBipartisan bill would block states from regulating AI development for three years, reigniting a fight between states and the Trump administrationBroadband Breakfast·9h ago·5 min read269-page discussion draftSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership OptionsDecember 2025 executive order
Supreme Court Upholds FCC Fine PowersThe court sided 8-1 with the agency against AT&T and Verizon.Broadband Breakfast·10h ago·5 min readSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionswrote for the courteffectively nullified
Gatekeeping by AI Frontier Labs Could Leave Critical Infrastructure ExposedExperts warned Wednesday that AI is accelerating cyberattacks faster than most organizations can defend against them. Broadband Breakfast·11h ago·4 min readBroadband Breakfast panel WednesdaySee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership OptionsBroadband Breakfast on June 3, 2026 – AI and CybersecurityHow should broadband providers be thinking about cybersecurity in an AI-driven world?Broadband BreakfastStephen Lilley
Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Data Privacy BillCommittee members expressed the need for a national privacy standard while also expressing concerns.Broadband Breakfast·14h ago·3 min readSECURE Data ActHe saidSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Options
Dana Goward: Why the FCC Must Reject Ligado’s Latest PlanBigger threat, this time from space, the author writesBroadband Breakfast·16h ago·5 min readPersian Gulf this springcalled itSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Options
NAB Forms Company to Launch Broadcast Positioning ServiceTrade group says the service would complement GPS while improving securityBroadband Breakfast·1d ago·2 min readannounced the launch of Merkhet SolutionsSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionswritten testimony
Telecom Industry Opposes FCC Proposal to Onshore Call CentersIndustry, labor, and business groups urge FCC to reject the proposal.Broadband Breakfast·1d ago·3 min readcomments filedSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionsa proposal
FCC to Vote on ‘Top-to-Bottom’ E-Rate Review, Local Permitting Shot Clocks at June MeetingAlso on the agenda: subsea cable security licensing, 911 reliability, and emergency alerts.Broadband Breakfast·1d ago·6 min readSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionsa blog postin a release
Joe Finn: A Firefighter's Mayday on the Urgent Need for 3D Tracking on the FiregroundA veteran fire commander who lost two firefighters in a 2014 Boston blaze is urging the FCC to fast-track indoor 3D location technology.Broadband Breakfast·1d ago·6 min readSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionstens of thousands100
Cable Industry Wants Waiver from FCC Router BanNCTA said its suppliers need to swap components in already approved router designs amid AI-induced shortagesBroadband Breakfast·1d ago·3 min readSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionsbeen grantinga Tuesday filing
Bipartisan Bill Would Protect Archived Emails from Warrantless SearchesLawmakers say the bill would close a privacy loopholeBroadband Breakfast·1d ago·2 min readintroduced the bipartisan Email Privacy ActSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionsbill
Luján Secures Democratic Nomination in New Mexico Senate RaceThe incumbent senator received 84% of the vote in the Democratic primary. Broadband Breakfast·1d ago·1 min readaccording to unofficial resultsSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership OptionsThe New York Times
House Committee Advances USDA Funding BillThe bill includes $40 million for the ReConnect program.Broadband Breakfast·1d ago·3 min readThe billSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionsan amendment
Yearslong Data Center Dispute Heads to Virginia Supreme CourtTwo lower courts ruled against the development, saying Prince William County supervisors violated Virginia code and local zoning ordinanceBroadband Breakfast·1d ago·5 min readSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionsbe halted March 31filed a last-minute appeal
First FCC Spectrum Auction in Four Years Brings in $54 Million on Day OneIs SpaceX or EchoStar joining the carriers in bidding?Broadband Breakfast·1d ago·4 min readSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionsthree rounds setin a statement
Arkansas County’s Data Center Moratorium Failed Over Vote MiscountPulaski’s moratorium fell short of the two-thirds threshold for emergency ordinances. Broadband Breakfast·1d ago·2 min readappeared to approve the emergency ordinanceSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership OptionsDenver passed a yearlong
Spectrum Expands Service in Southeastern OhioThe company connected more than 20,000 Ohio homes in March 2026.Broadband Breakfast·1d ago·1 min readin a May 27 press releaseSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionsconnected more than 20,000 Ohio homes in March 2026
Trump Diplomat Denounces Canada’s ‘Netflix Tax’CRTC’s new 15% streaming obligation draws accusations of discrimination against American companies. Broadband Breakfast·1d ago·2 min readcondemnation from Washingtondecision to triple the levySee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Options
Anthropic Races Toward a Wall Street Debut With a Confidential SEC FilingArtificial intelligence company Anthropic is moving toward going public on Wall Street.Broadband Breakfast·1d ago·5 min readin its meteoric riseSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership OptionsOpenAI
House Panel to Hold Hearing on Major Data Privacy BillThe bill gives the consumers the right to know and control when personal data is being shared.Broadband Breakfast·1d ago·2 min readSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Options
India-Based Call Center Group Pushes Back Against Proposed FCC RulesThe company is expressing concern over the FCC's proposal to onshore foreign call centers.Broadband Breakfast·2d ago·2 min readSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionsin a MayIn a statement
FCC Announces New Lab Chief in Office of Engineering and TechnologyVerizon’s Cliff Jones brings more than three decades of telecom leadership experienceBroadband Breakfast·2d ago·1 min readappointed a new lab chiefSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionsplayed a pivotal role
Cogeco Takes $1.2 Billion Hit as Breezeline Loses GroundThe writedown wipes out nearly what Cogeco paid for its U.S. broadband business just four years ago.Broadband Breakfast·2d ago·2 min readwrote down $1.2 billionSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionsprojected as recently as January
Sanders Calls For Nationalizing AI StockThe senator’s proposal would establish a sovereign wealth fund comprising 50 percent of the stock of large AI companies. Broadband Breakfast·2d ago·2 min readNew York Times op-edSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Options
Gigi Sohn Favors Banning Private Equity from Majority Stakes in Broadband ISPsSohn says private equity should not control more than 50% of a broadband ISP.Broadband Breakfast·2d ago·2 min readSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership OptionsSohn saidinvestment
NextNav, Opponents to Square Off at House GPS HearingA PNT industry group said the GPS system itself was ‘ripe for rapid modernization.’Broadband Breakfast·2d ago·5 min readSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionsstaff memosaid last month
Trump Signs Downsized AI Cybersecurity OrderA 90-day review window became 30 days after the president rejected his own draft last month Broadband Breakfast·2d ago·4 min readBroadband Breakfast on June 3, 2026 – AI and CybersecurityHow should broadband providers be thinking about cybersecurity in an AI-driven world?Broadband BreakfastStephen Lilleyvoluntarily submit their most powerful modelsThe prior draft orderscheduled signing ceremony on May 21
Mediacom Executive RetiresHe was close ally of company founder, the late Rocco CommissoBroadband Breakfast·2d ago·2 min readSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionssaid
NextLight Wins Overall Readers’ Choice for ISPs for 2026The community-owned ISP beat out GFiber, T-Mobile, and Starlink for the award.Broadband Breakfast·2d ago·2 min readReaders’ Choice AwardsSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionsin a release
Ohio Line Extension Program Nears Close with Funding Still AvailableMore than $200,000 in funding remains as the June 30 deadline approaches.Broadband Breakfast·2d ago·2 min readSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership OptionsLine Extension ProgramCapital Projects Fund
ACLP: BEAD Winners Set to Put Up $11.4 Billion in Matching FundsThat’s more than 37 percent of the program’s total project costs, the group found. Broadband Breakfast·2d ago·3 min readSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership OptionsThe analysisrequired states
FCC’s Jay Schwarz Touts Deregulation, Increased Competition in Broadband‘Speeds are up, prices are down and competition is intensifying’ says the FCC Space Bureau Chief Broadband Breakfast·2d ago·2 min readarticle for The Dallas Morning NewsSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionsrecent move
CPUC Seeking Comment on FCC Copper Preemption OrderThe state wants input on whether federal rules impact its regulations.Broadband Breakfast·3d ago·4 min readnotice soliciting commentSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Optionsan agreement
OMB Proposes Major Overhaul of Federal Grant RulesThe proposal would expand agencies’ ability to terminate awards after being issued.Broadband Breakfast·3d ago·2 min readproposed ruleUniform GuidanceSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Options
EchoStar Aiming to Sell Remaining Terrestrial Spectrum by Sept. 2028The company said it would commit to doing so if the FCC waived buildout deadlines for the licenses.Broadband Breakfast·3d ago·4 min readin a filingSee Breakfast Club Membership Options!See Breakfast Club Membership Options