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Cities oppose Trump FCC plan to preempt local broadband permitting rules

Local governments say the FCC proposal violates public safety requirements and ignores ISP delays in network deployment.

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What to know

  • The FCC proposes to preempt local permitting rules for broadband, impose a 120-day permit deadline, and limit fees—arguing delays harm deployment.
  • Local governments say permitting protects public safety and is essential for coordinating infrastructure; they argue ISP permit-hoarding and delayed deployments are the real problem.
  • Major local government coalitions have filed comments opposing the FCC plan, calling it illegal and proposing instead that ISPs be required to deploy within 180 days of authorization.
  • The proposal is supported by broadband providers but opposed by cities, counties, and mayors' groups nationwide.

The dispute Whether local permitting delays or ISP permit-hoarding and bad-faith deployment practices are the primary obstacle to broadband expansion. · positions read across 1 posts and comments

most voices

Local permitting is essential for public safety and should remain under local control; ISPs, not permit processes, delay deployment.

  • “Local permitting is not a barrier to broadband deployment—it is an essential public safety function protecting residents, taxpayers, and all users of finite, multi-tenant public rights-of-way.”

    United States Conference of Mayors, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors · Ars Technica ↗
some voices

Federal preemption is needed to speed broadband deployment by removing excessive local delays and fees that make projects infeasible.

  • “Too many local governments excessively delay approvals and seek to extract exorbitant sums from providers, resulting in costs that render some deployments infeasible.”

    Federal Communications Commission · Ars Technica ↗

“Local governments' efforts to attract telecommunications infrastructure investment to their communities often lead to frustration due to applicants' permit-hoarding and other bad-faith actions by providers.”

Local government groups, Representing municipalities nationwide · Ars Technica ↗ · Sep 20

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Cities oppose Trump FCC plan to preempt local broadband permitting rules
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    Coverage documents broad local government opposition to FCC broadband preemption

    News coverage details that cities and counties nationwide are opposing the FCC proposal, with many individual municipal leaders filing comments. Coverage also documents the local governments' alternative proposal: requiring ISPs to deploy networks within 180 days of local authorization rather than imposing federal permitting deadlines.

    “We ask the commission to address provider delays, failures to deploy, and permit-hoarding.”
    — Local government representatives
  2. background

    Local government groups file opposition to FCC plan — The United States Conference of Mayors, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, and National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors filed a joint comment opposing the FCC proposal. They argue that local permitting is essential for public safety and that the plan ignores ISP permit-hoarding and failures to deploy.

  3. background

    FCC proposes preempting local broadband permitting rules — The Federal Communications Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to preempt state and local permitting rules for wired broadband deployment. The FCC argues that local governments excessively delay approvals and extract high fees that make deployments infeasible.

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  1. 2 outlets Cities across US oppose Trump FCC plan to preempt local broadband rules

    first by Mastodon, 1d ago · also Ars Technica

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