WTA Backs Hatch's Broadband Permitting Bill
WTA joined NTCA Monday in lauding the Highway Rights-of-Way Permitting Efficiency Act (S-604), which Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, introduced last week (see 1703100067). “Members, small rural telecom providers, face costly and time-consuming barriers to making use of existing rights-of-way on…
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federal lands to build broadband networks,” said WTA Vice President-Government Affairs Derrick Owens in a statement. “Government should do its due diligence, but it should also work efficiently because every day spent waiting for a permit is one more day rural Americans wait for quality broadband. Every dollar spent on duplicative environmental reviews is one less dollar available for investment in a robust broadband network.”