The following article was published by Telecompetitor:
Six organizations have released a white paper aimed at helping broadband providers and local governments meet construction challenges, specifically around the issue of permitting.
The white paper — “Permitting Success: Closing the Digital Divide Through Local Broadband Permitting” — was written by Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy, the American Association for Public Broadband, the Fiber Broadband Association, Brightspeed, and GFiber.
Commentary in the announcement about the paper suggests that it was timed to help the industry take full advantage of the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. “Not every [local] government is equipped for the coming wave of construction,” the paper says. “This is especially true in rural areas, where municipal resources are lowest and BEAD activity will be highest.”
The full article is available here.