With a bipartisan 7-3 vote, the Senate Communications & Technology Committee on April 20 moved legislation that would help bridge the gap in broadband deployment and speeds between urban and rural areas. The bill, SB 341, introduced by one of the state’s leading rural broadband advocates, Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York), would modernize regulations adopted decades […]
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Revenue available for investment in rural broadband would increase under legislation recently introduced in the state Senate
Legislation that will help bridge the digital divide, which last session gained strong bipartisan support in Harrisburg, has been reintroduced this session by one of the state’s leading rural broadband advocates, Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York). The bill, SB 341, would modernize regulations adopted decades ago for rural phone carriers, the RLECs, in an age when […]
Rural phone carriers applaud Senate passage of legislation streamlining outdated regulations
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York), would streamline decades-old regulations that do little more than divert potential private investment dollars from rural broadband deployment projects.
Legislation would expand resources available for rural broadband investment
View Steven J. Samara’s article in the Centre Daily Times.
PTA President asks FCC Chair to maximize use of Rural Digital Opportunity Fund for broadband deployment
View Steven J. Samara’s letter to FCC Chair Ajit Pai.
PTA President Steve Samara testifies before Senate Communications and Technology Committee
PTA President Steve Samara testifies regarding rural broadband deployment on Wednesday, August 7, 2019.
PTA President Steve Samara testifies before the Senate Democratic Policy Committee on robocalls
PTA President Steve Samara testifies before the Senate Democratic Policy Committee on robocalls. Click to view