PROTEC Michigan

PROTEC protects citizens' control over public rights-of-way and their right to receive fair compensation from the telecom companies that use public property

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PROTEC has been an alliance of municipalities and organizations supporting access television, rights of way, and local authority for 30 years.

#maythefourthbewithyou for many more years to come. Happy #StarWarsDay

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House Passes Telecom Bills to Streamline Bureaucratic Permitting Processes and Strengthen Emergency Communications

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National groups representing cities and counties are urging Congress to reject H.R. 2289, warning it would undermine public safety, shift costs to taxpayers, and disrupt broadband progress.

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North America has some of the world's most expensive broadband, according to a new study, while Iran has the cheapest.

The Global Broadband Price League 2026 compiled by price comparison site Broadband Genie shows that – big surprise
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FCC May Revamp 1961 Rule Governing Sports on TV https://t.co/oh1R2IQHEm

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Landmark Settlement Announced in Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Questioning of Journalists at the Border https://t.co/pdZyQ1iJX3

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A federal judge has knocked down the core of President Trump's executive order barring federal funding for NPR and PBS, saying it violated the broadcasters' First Amendment rights on its face.

https://t.co/KPouwe8mhN

#npr #public #firstamendment https://t.co/7ichQIBFes

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Justices reject billion-dollar judgment for copyright infringement by internet service provider https://t.co/NwZ07Zrgro

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Has media ended? The need for PEG is needed now more than ever.

The Media & Democracy Project: FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has propagated the commission as an authoritarian agency reflecting only his own decisions and sidestepping requisite judicial review https://t.co/oV3ewaNSly

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Top 10 cable tv networks we may see vanish this March https://t.co/4qldDsuZVe

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MDOT public open house March 24 for M-13, M-81 corridor study in #SaginawCounty https://t.co/GXPzQXGSC1

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RUSSIANS have been forced to use walkie-talkies and paper maps from an internet blackout.

Earlier this month paranoid Vladimir Putin pushed through laws to allow the paralysis of mobile, broadband, landlines and “any other means of communication”

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There’s a reason local authority matters. This is one of them.

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🧑‍💻In the know about online security 👩‍💻

Quantum computing is accompanied by as big a security challenge, as it is opportunity ➡️ according to a new report from Citi Institute.

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🚨📰FCC NEWS📰🚨

The FCC Media Bureau and the Office of Managing Director issued three Orders to Pay or to Show Cause against two Georgia FM stations and several Michigan AM and FM stations proposing to revoke the stations’ licenses

https://t.co/FqhxLwIOzo

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Lutnick testifies his intent to "hew exactly" to BEAD statute - Broadband Communities https://t.co/Lo2KdC0f6v

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The FCC’S MEDIA BUREAU PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON POLITICAL EQUAL
OPPORTUNITIES
Emphasizing that Broadcast TV Stations Airing Covered Programming Motivated by Partisan Purposes Must Comply with Equal Opportunities Requirement

https://t.co/lgfjhbCJxs

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A report filed by SpaceX w/ the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in late December reveals some startling information – its Starlink satellites had to perform about 300,000 collision-avoidance manoeuvres in 2025. Why broadband is better. #starlink

https://t.co/j3s7hqPMgG

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FCC Commissioner Gomez on consumer protection and broadband:

https://t.co/7zznjmCjO9