Advocacy News

Labor Day 2024 Reflections

Last week, many major news outlets ran a story about an office retreat that turned into a nightmare in Colorado where a team of coworkers was hiking.

NTCA Argues for Lesser Regulatory Burdens for Disaster Reporting

NTCA Survey Highlights Significant Risks of Skyrocketing Consumer Bills, Plummeting Broadband Investment & Loans in Peril if USF Support were Eliminated

NTCA, Industry Partners Urge Passage of American Broadband Deployment Act

Another Wildly Successful Congressional Broadband Tour

Power, permits and PDX. In addition to broadband and fiber, we learned a lot about these topics during this year’s Congressional Broadband Tour, hoste

NTCA Encourages FCC to Adopt Six-Year Freeze on Existing Jurisdictional Separations

Let’s Give BEAD a Chance

Remember the song, “Let’s Give Love a Chance?” (Okay, there were actually numerous versions of a song with that title, but you get the idea). I’ve be

Member Moments: Twin Valley First to Launch Mobile Offerings

Twin Valley Communications (Miltonvale, Kan.) was the first NTCA member company to launch mobile offerings through the NTCA-NRTC Mobile Virtual Netwo

Data Demonstrate Rural Spaces Ripe for Telework

“In today’s economy, most occupations can be performed anywhere, so household location decisions are motivated by quality of life. Higher quality of

Member Moments: Citizens Celebrates 100% Fiber in Virginia’s Blue Ridge

One of the first areas explored by Virginia colonists, Floyd County, Va., has a rich history of welcoming settlers to what many call “our beautiful m

NTCA Seeks Reduced Burdens, Consistent Standards on Letter of Credit NPRM

NTCA, WISPA Continue Advocacy for Border Gateway Protocol Routing Security

Next Steps in the Fight for Universal Service

As you likely have seen, last week a federal circuit court of appeals declared that the contribution mechanism that has funded essential Universal Ser

The National Broadband Map is Getting Better – But We Need to Accelerate Improvements to Drive Better Decisions

I know there is so much that is top of mind for NTCA members these days, but that doesn’t mean we should take our foot off the gas when it comes to t

Technology Mitigation for Rural Hospital Closure Impacts

Rural hospital closures persist throughout the United States. According to the American Hospital Association (AHA), more than 135 rural hospitals clo

Response of NTCA, CCA and USTelecom to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Fifth Circuit USF Contribution Decision

Member Moments: DUO Broadband Celebrates a Platinum Anniversary 

Seventy is a lucky number in 2024, not just for NTCA, but for DUO Broadband (Jamestown, Ky.) as well. The provider is celebrating its platinum annive

NTCA, WISPA Urge FCC to Consider Entire Internet Ecosystem When Encouraging Border Gateway Protocol Implementation

Solving the Universal Service Challenge

I recently had the opportunity to share some remarks with The Media Institute in Washington, D.C., right in the middle of the NATO Summit and 100-deg