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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman <strong>Jessica Rosenworcel</strong> wasted no time in promulgating rules regarding network neutrality. With <strong>Anna Gomez’ </strong>confirmation as the elusive fifth commissioner, Democrats finally have a majority at the agency. The chairwoman has said that she will put forward proposed rules on the topic at the agency’s open meeting on October 19. The partisan-tinged topic is expected to largely be a return of the 2015 rules under the agency’s authority under Title II of the Communications Act. One day after Rosenworcel’s Tuesday speech on net neutrality – and one day before the item is publicly released – Broadband Breakfast will convene industry and civil society stakeholders in a discussion about What Happens Next?</p>
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<li><strong>Chip Pickering, </strong>CEO, INCOMPAS</li>
<li><strong>Stephanie Joyce</strong>, Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President Computer & Communications Industry Association</li>
<li><strong>Joe Kane</strong>, Director, Broadband and Spectrum Policy, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation</li>
<li><strong>David Zumwalt</strong>, CEO, WISPA: Broadband Without Boundaries</li>
<li><strong>Berin Szoka</strong>, President, TechFreedom</li>
<li><strong>Drew Clark </strong>(moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast</li>
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<li><em><strong><a href="https://BroadbandBreakfast.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5637f8058831c038004b4f502&id=6ab6d55f48&e=62f1e7a8b2" rel="noopener" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">FCC Looking to Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules</a>, Broadband Breakfast, September 26, 2023</strong></em></li>
<li><em><strong><a href="https://BroadbandBreakfast.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5637f8058831c038004b4f502&id=e0a30ad0f2&e=62f1e7a8b2" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">On the Cusp of Sea Change, Broadband Breakfast Examines the Net Neutrality Debate</a>, Broadband Breakfast, May 11, 2021</strong></em></li>
<li><em><strong><a href="https://BroadbandBreakfast.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5637f8058831c038004b4f502&id=09cc6890f2&e=62f1e7a8b2" rel="noopener" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">D.C. Circuit’s Decision in Net Neutrality Case Likely to Open New Fronts of Attack Against FCC</a>, by Drew Clark, Broadband Breakfast, October 7, 2019</strong></em></li>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">For nearly three decades, <strong>Chip Pickering</strong> has been at the forefront of every major telecommunications milestone. From his time as a Senate staffer on the Commerce Committee shaping the Telecommunications Act of 1996, to his role as a Member of Congress leading on tech issues and overseeing the transition to the commercial internet, to serving as CEO of the leading internet and competitive networks association advocating for more competition and innovation in our ever-evolving industry. Through his leadership at INCOMPAS, Pickering continues to be a trusted voice and a leading expert on important issues facing the tech and telecommunications industry.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><strong>Stephanie Joyce</strong> joined CCIA after decades in private practice representing technology companies and competitive carriers before state and federal administrative agencies and courts. She is an experienced advocate for procompetitive policy, including her advocacy for CCIA at the FCC on broadband deployment and Open Internet rules. Stephanie has also provided counsel to telecommunications companies, as well as CCIA, on privacy matters. Stephanie is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, received her graduate degree from George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, and her law degree from George Washington University Law School.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><strong>Joe Kane</strong> is director of broadband and spectrum policy at ITIF. Previously, he was a technology policy fellow at the R Street Institute, where he covered spectrum policy, broadband deployment and regulation, competition, and consumer protection. Earlier, Joe was a graduate research fellow at the Mercatus Center, where he worked on Internet policy issues, telecom regulation, and the role of the FCC.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><strong>David Zumwalt</strong> is CEO of the Wireless Internet Service Provider Association, WISPA: Broadband Without Boundaries</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><strong>Berin Szoka</strong> serves as President of TechFreedom. Previously, he was a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Center for Internet Freedom at The Progress & Freedom Foundation. Before joining PFF, he was an Associate in the Communications Practice Group at Latham & Watkins LLP, where he advised clients on regulations affecting the Internet and telecommunications industries.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Breakfast Media LLC CEO <strong>Drew Clark</strong> has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, he initially founded the Broadband Census crowdsourcing campaign for broadband data. As Editor and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media company advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative<br>
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<strong>BROADBAND ROUNDUP</strong>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">September 26, 2023 – The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorney generals filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon on Tuesday alleging that online retail utilizes anticompetitive and unfair strategies to illegally maintain its dominance in e-commerce. </p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">The <a href="https://BroadbandBreakfast.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5637f8058831c038004b4f502&id=8cfa9ac4ab&e=62f1e7a8b2" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">FTC and the states said</a> that the global conglomerate is breaking the law through engaging in exclusionary conduct that prevents other companies from growing or emerging. It also cites that by constraining the competition through “price, product selection, quality, and preventing its current or future rivals from attracting a critical mass of shoppers and sellers” Amazon is ensuring there is no threat to its dominance. </p>
<strong>NET NEUTRALITY</strong>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">WASHINGTON, September 26, 2023 – The Federal Communications Commission is planning to seek comment on reinstating net neutrality rules, FCC Chairwoman <strong>Jessica Rosenworcel</strong> announced on Tuesday.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Net neutrality rules give the FCC more authority to regulate internet companies by classifying broadband as an essential communications service under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934, including the power to prevent internet providers from adjusting the speed of network traffic to favor certain sites. The agency instated similar rules in 2015 before they were repealed by then-Republican Chairman <strong>Ajit Pai</strong> in 2017.</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Mirroring the 2015 rules, the proposal – set to be released on Thursday – specifies that when regulating broadband providers under Title II, the commission would pass up 27 of the most onerous provisions in the law and hundreds of agency regulations that typically apply to Title II services like voice calling, Rosenworcel said in the announcement.</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">It's not just about building networks, but providing affordability through programs like the ACP.</p>
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Broadband Breakfast is pleased to announce that the annual Digital Infrastructure Investment – our fifth conference in this series – will be taking place on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at <strong>Clyde’s of Gallery Place, 707 7th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20001</strong>, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.<br>
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The annual Digital Infrastructure Investment program brings the broadband infrastructure and financial services communities together to focus on the digital infrastructure and investment asset profile, including fiber, small cells, towers and data center assets, that is required to support a 21st-century information economy.<br>
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<strong>FUNDING</strong>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">WASHINGTON, September 26, 2023 – Federal and state broadband grants can serve as catalysts for other sources of funding, experts said at the Broadband Breakfast <a href="https://BroadbandBreakfast.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5637f8058831c038004b4f502&id=37396c636a&e=62f1e7a8b2" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">BEAD Implementation Summit</a> on Friday.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">The $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program is providing an unprecedented amount in federal funds for expanding broadband infrastructure, but some states have estimated their allocations will fall short of the amount needed to get high-speed internet to all of their residents. </p>
<strong>5G</strong>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">The FCC proposed adjusting the $9-billion budget allocated for the fund using updated maps</p>
<strong>RURAL</strong>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Experts cited a lack of middle mile as the biggest obstacle to reaching many unserved areas.</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Recent public and private investments in broadband, including the more than $40 billion allocated through the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment grant program will play a significant role in helping bridge our country’s digital divide. We must now ensure these funds are used most efficiently and effectively to bring connectivity to our unserved friends and neighbors. While policymakers are working to lift barriers that hinder broadband deployment, such as permitting reform, other barriers remain sidelined, such as pole access. This special session will discuss steps we can take today to maximize broadband funds and accelerate broadband access for rural and unserved communities.</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Broadband heads from 5 states listed community outreach, mapping, and program deadlines as top priorities for BEAD.</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Missing out on BEAD-funded fiber could 'materially impair' the Beaver Island's ability to compete, a local committee argued.</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Evan Feinman, speaking at the BEAD Implementation Summit, said the agency will also issue guidance on project auditing.</p>
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<a href="https://BroadbandBreakfast.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5637f8058831c038004b4f502&id=d0a9d9ce14&e=62f1e7a8b2" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><img height="400" src="https://mcusercontent.com/5637f8058831c038004b4f502/images/5e367505-b06e-c631-ba7f-0fe1654fac8e.jpg" style="border:0px;width:600px;height:400px;margin:0px;outline:none;text-decoration:none" width="600"></a>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">The renewal of the Affordable Connectivity Program has been a subject of considerable ambiguity in recent months. There have been widespread predictions that the program, which offers $30 and $75 monthly internet discounts to low-income households, is likely to dry up in early 2024. While experts have voiced concerns the end of the ACP will spell disaster for ongoing broadband expansion efforts, Congress has yet to take any action to replenish the program. What lies ahead for the ACP and its 19 million beneficiaries across the nation? Join us to hear from experts in the field as we discuss the fate of the ACP and explore potential pathways for promoting digital inclusion in the United States.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><strong><em>Panelists</em></strong></p>
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<li><strong>Kirsten Compitello</strong>, National Broadband Digital Equity Director, Michael Baker International</li>
<li><strong>Jonathan Cannon,</strong> Policy Counsel, Technology and Innovation, R Street Institute</li>
<li><em>Other panelists have been invited</em></li>
<li><strong>Drew Clark </strong>(moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast</li>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><strong>Kirsten Compitello</strong> serves as Michael Baker’s National Broadband Digital Equity Director and is an experienced Planner with a focus on public engagement, policy, community planning, and visual storytelling. She leads the development of digital navigation and equitable planning tools within Michael Baker’s broadband practice. Her recent work has included BEAD and DEA state plans, a regional broadband connectivity roadmap for PA, digital equity community engagement events, communication and advocacy guides to promote adoption and literacy, and digital navigator program development.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><strong>Jonathan Cannon</strong> is a policy counsel in technology and innovation at the R Street Institute. He researches and writes policy papers, op-eds and blog posts about significant topics related to technology and telecommunications; engages directly with leaders on key policy issue areas including ACP, net neutrality, spectrum, and broadband deployment.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Breakfast Media LLC CEO <strong>Drew Clark</strong> has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, he initially founded the Broadband Census crowdsourcing campaign for broadband data. As Editor and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media company advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.<br>
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