Telecommunications

The internet increasingly pervades nearly every aspect of life. It’s no secret this fast-paced broadband system has evolved faster than legal and regulatory frameworks can adjust. This has resulted in complex policy challenges that must be overcome to ensure the internet remains free for netizens to use and develop to their greatest potential.

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Stop making broadband builders bankroll someone else’s problem

by Bartlett Cleland | Apr 29, 2026 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, IEI post, Regulation, Telecommunications

Here is a principle so basic, so universal that it just might be bipartisan: You shouldn’t have to pay to fix someone else’s mess. That commonsense idea sits at the heart of a recent Federal Communications Commission ruling that every policymaker, utility...

Stop making broadband builders bankroll someone else’s problem

by Bartlett Cleland | Apr 29, 2026 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, IEI post, Regulation, Telecommunications

Here is a principle so basic, so universal that it just might be bipartisan: You shouldn’t have to pay to fix someone else’s mess. That commonsense idea sits at the heart of a recent Federal Communications Commission ruling that every policymaker, utility...

NTIA Should Take Care With ‘Leftover’ Broadband Funds

by Bartlett Cleland | Mar 12, 2026 | Broadband, Competitiveness, IEI post, Regulation

Washington has a well-earned reputation for finding new and creative ways to spend taxpayer money. So when President Trump’s reforms to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program cut the estimated cost of connecting rural America roughly in...