Publications: Ellis Scherer

Removing regulatory barriers to wireline deployment will ensure that private and federal investment in broadband deployment can close the digital divide.

It is high time for the Commission to remove unnecessary regulations that stand in the way of next-generation network deployment, and to do so in a manner that ensures consumers do not lose access to critical emergency services.

This merger will be a win for consumers and regulators should not stand in the way.

While distribution reform is the best way to shrink the contribution factor, Congress should also reform USF funding to come from general appropriations, or some other method of encompassing the entire U.S. tax base.

Congress should reform and refocus the Universal Service Fund. It spends too much money, prioritizes the wrong problems, and funds it all with a high, sector-specific tax rate. Congress should reduce the overall size of the program and fund it with general revenue.

The FCC’s new rules to streamline subsea cable approvals strengthen U.S. competitiveness against China by cutting red tape, accelerating deployment, and encouraging investment in critical digital infrastructure.

To counter China’s telecom dominance and restore U.S. competitiveness, policymakers should lead a global push for Open RAN standards that foster security, innovation, and fair competition.

Trump’s proposed copper tariffs would supercharge theft, hike consumer costs, and entrench outdated broadband infrastructure—all while threatening public safety.

The Commission should seek to maximize the productivity of satellite spectrum by replacing EPFD limits with the degraded throughput methodology that is used for NGSO-NGSO spectrum sharing and for NGSO-GSO sharing in the V-band.

Deploying broadband infrastructure requires ISPs to incur steep upfront costs that they recoup over time in consumers’ monthly bills. Market concentration can help keep prices down by spreading out fixed costs among a larger number of customers.