Broadband Access and Regulation

Watch now for a panel discussion exploring how the broadband landscape is changing, what it means for providers and consumers, and why regulation needs to better reflect today’s dynamic environment.

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Trump’s proposed copper tariffs would supercharge theft, hike consumer costs, and entrench outdated broadband infrastructure—all while threatening public safety.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

Over the last year, Missouri has seen a 200 percent increase in the number of broadband crimes.

Critics have claimed low-Earth orbit satellites will not be able to meet the BEAD program’s broadband capacity requirements, that LEO networks lack scalability, that they’re more expensive to consumers, and that BEAD itself ought to be biased against LEOs. None of these claims are true.

Multiple broadband technologies are delivering high-speed Internet service to consumers, creating even more robust competition. Yet, regulations are misaligned with market realities and should be updated to help maximize the consumer benefits of this increasing competition.

California’s outdated broadband laws are forcing providers to waste resources on obsolete copper lines, slowing progress and hurting consumers.

Criminals in search of copper destroy broadband infrastructure, causing massive service disruptions. Local crime prevention efforts backed by changes to state and federal regulations will better protect critical communications networks.