The telecommunications industry is pushing its powerful political levers to remove any meaningful local governmental or pubic oversight in the placement of 5G, cell towers or AI systems. A set of three overreaching federal regulatory pathways are designed to supersede already constrained municipal authority. These pose threats to privacy, security, identity, public health, mental health, environmental health, planetary health, and democracy.
Using an army of proposals from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), proposed federal legislation and Executive Orders, industry is pushing to deregulate telecommunications by reforming local permitting rules. These new proposals would remove what the FCC and industry consider outdated “regulatory barriers” to the acceleration of the next generation of innovative telecommunications technology using wireless and wireline infrastructure. By deregulating telecom and AI rather than strengthening regulations this jeopardizes privacy, security, the environment, human health and the democratic process itself. Some call this a moral hazard and other representatives call it an illegal privatization of public lands.
Physicians for Safe Technology has weighed in on this topic with letters to the FCC on 25-276 and 25-253 discussing safety, privacy, public health, environmental health and AI risks, as many others have commented on below. The deadline for Reply Comments to the FCC is January 15, 2026. To file a short Express Comment, submit a PDF in Standard Comment or to just view the comments go here and put 25-276 or Build America Eliminating Barriers to Wireless Deployments in the Proceeding Window. ” .
Update 1/15/26
In the News! This topic is heating up now with more news coverage. Wireless Estimator published “Local governments warn FCC expansion of permitting authority could trigger litigation” on Dec 29, 2025. “Major organizations representing over 200 million Americans have formally urged the FCC to withdraw or substantially revise the proposal”, Environmental Health Sciences wrote in an EHS press release January 15, 2026. Broadband Breakfast published “Dozens of Orgs Say No to FCC’s Fast-Tracking Wireless Infrastructure: The FCC may be constrained in how it can consider health-based objections.” Inside Towers wrote, “Pushback From Cities and Counties on FCC’s Wireless Deployment Streamlining Efforts” Jan 14, 2026.
Former FCC environmental attorney penned, “Whatever Industry Wants: How the FCC Is Steamrolling Locals in the Cell Tower Rollout“ . On Jan 2, 2026 she wrote, “As wireless technologies proliferate—with presumably even less scrutiny, oversight, and public input—the environmental and community impacts will only multiply…The consequences of these failures are visible nationwide: protected landscapes and historic viewsheds marred, wetlands filled, endangered species habitat destroyed, sacred sites desecrated, burial mounds disturbed, and fragile underwater environments degraded. Equally important, the voices of communities and citizens have been suppressed and ignored…With almost 30 bills introduced on accelerating broadband siting this session, Congress too is doing its part to “free” industry from local control and environmental laws.” In a 2023 ProPublica article Peter Elkind underscores that, “The FCC Is Supposed to Protect the Environment. It Doesn’t.”
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Guest Column: Time to talk telecom towers and radiation. Feb 5, 2026. Alison Despathy. Williston Observer. https://www.willistonobserver.com/forum/guest_columns/guest-column-time-to-talk-telecom-towers-and-radiation/article_4d7313db-011b-42ce-853b-6cd60ed89d65.html
FCC Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireless and Wireline Deployments
The “Build America” agenda is part of FCC’s “Delete, Delete, Delete” proceeding and the administrations executive order 14219 “to commence the deconstruction of the overbearing and burdensome administrative state.” The FCC clearly states their intent noting, “With this Notice of Proposed Rule Making (Notice), we advance the Commission’s Build America Agenda by proposing reforms that would free towers and other wireless infrastructure from regulatory burdens imposed at the state and local level.” (FCC 25-276) While these FCC proposals are stated for the purpose of removing barriers to nationwide wireless expansion, it will instead give all the power to industry and produce barriers to the safe deployment of cell towers by increasing administrative staff burdens, increasing costs, reducing municipal compensation, reducing public input, permanently dismissing health or environmental impacts, and creating a larger digital divide.
The FCC seeks comment “on every rule, regulation, or guidance document that the FCC should eliminate for the purposes of alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens.” They state it is the next step in the “Administration’s decision to usher in prosperity through deregulation” (Executive Order 14192). This is not only for the unobstructed deployment of wireless antennas and cell towers to develop autonomous telecommunications networks with generative AI, but also includes removing “obsolete technology”, i.e. copper landlines which are critical in rural areas and in emergencies (CPUC 2024). An FCC comment notes, “This initiative is not about “building America” — it is about stripping away local rights, eliminating public participation, and giving the wireless industry near-total control over the placement of cell towers.”
The 2018 Small Cell Order Ruling is Intensified
This request for comments, along with FCC Docket 25-253 (for wireline deployment) aim to amplify the 2018 FCC Small Cell Order Ruling, “Accelerating Wireless and Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment” (FCC 18–111 and FCC 18–133) by further preempting and obliterating local authority.
The League of Mayors, among others, were opposed to the original 2018 FCC Small Cell Order stating, “The Commission has embarked on an unprecedented federal intrusion into local (and state) government property rights that will have substantial and continuing adverse impacts on cities and their taxpayers, including reduced funding for essential local government services, and needlessly introduce increased risk of right-of-way and other public safety hazards.” They noted the FCC seeks “to use a misapplication of federal power to confiscate local taxpayer property.” The League of Mayors underscores that this is in effect federalizing local public property “as part of its efforts to bestow upon a class of private companies special rights to access local rights-of-ways and public property.”
The late Senator Diane Feinstein and former Representative Anna Eshoo strongly opposed the 2018 Small Cell Order, understanding both the significant burdens to municipalities in addition to the loss of democratic processes. Both Feinstein and Eshoo introduced bills in Congress asking that the 2018 Small Cell Order “be null and void.” (Feinstein SB 2012 – Restoring Local Control Over Public Infrastructure Act of 2019 (Eshoo HR 530 ; Accelerating Broadband Development by Empowering Local Communities Act).
A 1,2,3 Punch of Deregulatory Proposals
The triad of regulations poised to remove local control, public input and environment or historic preservation in review in the rapid deployment of cell towers and AI are:
*FCC: Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireless and Wireline Deployments– FCC 25-253, FCC 25-276)
*GOP House Bills (119th Congress):
HR 278,HR 1343, HR 1588, HR 1665, HR 1681, HR 1731, HR 1836 HR 2289, HR 5264 and HR 6046
*Executive Orders:
Executive Order 14179 “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence”. January 23, 2025
Executive Order 14192 – Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation, or “Delete, Delete, Delete”.
Executive Order 14219 – “Ensuring Lawful Governance And Implementing The President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Deregulatory Initiative.”
Executive Action – Winning the Race AMERICA’S AI ACTION PLAN. The White House. July 2025. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Americas-AI-Action-Plan.pdf
More Power to an Already Powerful Telecom Industry
These actions give away more power to industry, and remove it from municipalities and ordinary citizens. Counties, cities, mayors and telecommunication officers have expressed their dismay and concerns over these rulings in letters to the FCC. In one letter they note the FCC proposals will, “strip local governments of their ability to responsibly manage public assets in the rights-of-way”, leading to public safety issues. Millions of miles of public and private utility networks and infrastructure exist above ground but also underground and require thoughtful coordination to prevent accidents such as water leaks, sewage leaks, gas leaks and explosions.
A 2022 report “Feeling the Squeeze: The Harmful Effects of Small Cell Preemption on Local Governments” found the original 2018 Small Cell Order preemption had a negative impact on cities’ finances, created challenges for public safety and interfered with efforts to close the digital divide. It also created more legal attacks on cities which further burden already strained budgets.
- 52% percent of cities reported that companies have damaged public property at least once.
- 57% percent of localities report that providers have failed to restore roads, sidewalks, or other infrastructure to its original condition following installation at least once.
- 40% of localities report that installations have created accessibility issues at least once.
- 33% reported that they have had installations that endanger the public.
- 57% of large localities, have dealt with contractors lacking the proper licenses.
The report concludes, The National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) “recommends the FCC abandon the approach of the 2018 Small Cell Order; restore the authority of local governments to protect community health and safety; abandon ill-conceived fee caps; and shift the burden of proof back to the provider in disputes.”
What Will FCC and Supporting Legislative Cell Tower Deregulation Do?
Comments by counties, cities, mayors, non-profits such as FACTS, EHS, EHTrust, PST and others note these “streamlining” proposals to remove “burdens” to the telecom industry will secure laws that allow cell towers with tag along batteries and complex electrical equipment anywhere – “near homes, schools, parks, hospitals, environmentally sensitive areas, as well as fire prone areas with no recourse.” Some call this the new industrialization of cities and would be done by:
- Eliminating vital community protections by preempting local ordinances and local zoning laws
- Placing “deemed granted” shot clock limits mandating time stamped automatic approval of wireless facilities
- Allowing only industry certification of radiofrequency radiation while prohibiting local governments from requiring independent, third-party verification of FCC radiofrequency emissions compliance
- Eliminating consideration of critical local factors such as aesthetics, property values, historic preservation, and cumulative neighborhood impacts.
- Undermining property rights by permitting infrastructure that can reduce home values without recourse or compensation.
- Removing all environmental considerations such as NEPA
- Preventing safety considerations for wildfire
- Silencing residents by eliminating public hearings
- Silencing local governments by removing conditional or special use permits for even large monopole cell towers
- Removing states abilities to regulate AI intrusions
- Removing local and state democratic decision-making processes our country is founded on
Brave New World of Tech: Adding AI to the Mix
The telecommunications industry is comingling personal wireless services with other internet commercial services and evolving into a business that is less about communicating and more about transforming the “network” to enable data collection, surveillance and artificial intelligence (AI), in order to transform “the way we live and work”. Industry admits this is necessary to “unlock opportunities” for industry profit, although it is marketed for our benefit.
And it does sound good. Optimizing network performance, enhancing efficiency, and fully transforming our telecom connected world into a seamlessly AI generated system. No protective regulation has been proposed, unlike in Europe with the 2024 EU AI Act. This lack of regulation could lead to host of problematic issues including unethical monitoring of individuals, unsafe robotic machines and autonomous hackable transportation in a brave new world where every footstep is tracked, saved on servers and sold to third parties. The article in Forbes states, “With the help of 5G, the hope is to one day use that information to control entire fleets of unmanned ships from the shore.”
Have we finally opened the door for man to step willingly into the Matrix, interconnected by a dense network of 5G towers along with black box AI generated content for humans to consume? Perhaps, however, some thought needs to be given to the downsides of our hyperconnected world as well as the effects of fast tracking technology on the natural environment, and consider adopting our own comprehensive regulation before accelerated telecommunications expansion with AI quickly becomes an unwelcome reality.
The American Communication Association (ACA) in its comments advised the FCC to reaffirm “that Section 253 applies to facilities where telecommunications services are commingled with other services”, and “infrastructure that may be used to provide telecommunications services.” The Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) added in their comments, “Broadband will be foundational to both the training and deployment of AI systems, enabling the fast transmission of vast amounts of data among and between consumers, researchers, and industry.”
23 States Commented to the FCC that It Lacks Authority on AI
23 states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Ilinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin) wrote a letter to the FCC opposing “preemption of state and local laws governing the impact of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)-enabled technologies on their citizens and, more broadly, to demonstrate that the Commission should not issue any declaratory ruling purporting to pre-empt state (and local) laws “seeking to govern or limit uses of AI…AI as a set of machine-enabled activities is beyond the jurisdiction of the Commission… AI is not the “transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user’s choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received…Instead, AI is a classic information service. The Commission’s reference to “wireline telecommunications” does not provide authority to oversee state (and local) regulation of AI.” https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1217194355542/1
America’s AI Action Plan – “Build, Baby, Build!
In Winning the Race America’s AI Action Plan July 2025 the White House states, “it is a national security imperative for the United States to achieve and maintain unquestioned and unchallenged global technological dominance [in AI]… We need to build and maintain vast AI infrastructure and the energy to power it. To do that, we will continue to reject radical climate dogma and bureaucratic red tape, as the Administration has done since Inauguration Day. Simply put, we need to “Build, Baby, Build!”. The plan is to “Create Streamlined Permitting for Data Centers, Semiconductor Manufacturing Facilities, and Energy Infrastructure”
White House Recommended Policy Actions: Deconstruction
- Establish new Categorical Exclusions under NEPA to cover data center-related actions
- Expand the use of the FAST-41 process to cover all data center and data center energy projects eligible under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act of 2015.25
- Explore the need for a nationwide Clean Water Act Section 404 permit for data centers, and, if adopted, ensure that this permit does not require a Pre-Construction Notification
- Expedite environmental permitting by streamlining or reducing regulations promulgated under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, and other relevant related laws
- Make Federal lands available for data center construction and the construction of power generation infrastructure for those data centers by directing agencies with significant land portfolios to identify sites suited to large-scale development.
The European Union AI Act of 2024: Human Centric and Trustworthy AI
The European Union AI Act is markedly different than the U.S. version and puts the EU in a leadership position in AI development and governance. The EU AI Act is the first comprehensive legal framework for AI regulation in the world and aimed at protection and safety. It was first published July 12, 2024 and will be effective August 2, 2026.
The Act promotes AI but with a “Code of Practice” and obligations that relate to transparency, safety, security, and intellectual property protections. “The EU AI Act is intended to promote the uptake of human-centric and trustworthy AI and to ensure a high level of protection of health, safety, fundamental rights, democracy, and rule of law from harmful effects of AI systems while supporting innovation and the functioning of the internal market.” The EU AI Act also applies to providers and deployers outside of the EU if their AI products are used in the EU. There are significant penalties for noncompliance.
The EU AI Act uses a risk management framework, classifing AI systems into Unacceptable Risk, High Risk, Limited Risk and Low or Minimal Risk:
Unacceptable Risks are prohibited and include social scoring systems, emotion recognition systems, untargeted scraping of facial images for facial recognition databases, certain biometric identification systems, specific predictive policing applications and developing or using an AI system that intentionally manipulates people into making harmful choices.
High Risk include certain medical devices, certain education and vocational training contexts, in the judicial and democratic process such as systems that are intended to influence the outcome of elections, to determine access to essential private or public services, in critical infrastructure management (for example, water, gas and electricity supplies), in any biometric identification system which are not prohibited,
Related EU Laws Affecting AI are:
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016 to protect personal data and ensure consistent data protection standards across the EU.
The Product Liability Directive 2024 expands protections for consumers by allowing compensation in claims of damage related to new technologies.
The General Product Safety Regulation 2023/ updates consumer protections “Ensuring better product safety is vital to protecting consumers and providing safe products.” And includes “new technologies and concerns, such as cybersecurity and digital connectivity.”
Retained EU Law for Intellectual Property includes multiple harmonized laws to protect property rights including artists.
Manufacturing a Need for Tech?
Although industry paints these deregulatory efforts as solving increasing consumer demand, the demand is largely manufactured by industry that is pushing this narrative of need and narrowing choices for the public. The convenience of tech is addictive. Everything is at our fingertips so we do not have to critically think anymore. The threats to this careless expansion of technology includes privacy, security, identity, public health, mental health, environmental health, planetary health, and democracy with the loss of public input.
In a 2020 report, 5G: State of Play in Europe, USA and Asia. In Depth Analysis, the expert authors indicated many years ago that 5G is a manufactured need stating, “As 5G is driven by the telecoms supply industry, and its long tail of component manufacturers, a major campaign is under way to convince governments that the economy and jobs will be strongly stimulated by 5G deployment. However, we are yet to see significant “demand-pull” that could assure sales…The notion of a “race” is part of the campaign but it is becoming clear that the technology will take much longer than earlier generations to perfect.”
Telecommunications Battle Continues in the Legislature
As the FCC proposals move forward, parallel proposed legislation hopes to set the identical FCC proposals firmly into law. Those who are concerned about this issue are encouraged to write to their representatives in the House and if these bills do pass then alert their senators about HR 278,HR 1343, HR 1588, HR 1665, HR 1681, HR 1731, HR 1836 HR 2289, HR 5264 and HR 6046.
Physicians for Safe Technology Policy Recommendations
We strongly oppose the elimination of setbacks, coverage and aesthetics as criteria for consideration by local governments when considering permits for proposed cell towers, both macro and small cell. We also oppose the shortening of shot clocks which tie the hands of local government to safely deploy both wired and wireless telecommunications. The evidence points to broad risks to human health, the natural world, privacy, security and safety with deregulation of telecommunications and AI. Laws need to be strengthened not weakened for basic protection of the environment, human rights and the democratic process.
We recommend:
1. That instead of expanding the 2018 Small Cell Order in these overreaching FCC proposals, the 2018 Order should be reversed and considered “null and void” to restore local authority, public input, appropriate health and environmental considerations and public confidence in government.
2. That prior to further deregulation of wireless expansion that the FCC or Congress set up an independent commission or agency to comply with the 2021 Court Order EHT vs FCC and complete its reevaluation of the current safety standards for wireless radiation. This reevaluation needs to use updated science to set heath and environmentally protective limits on the biological effects of non-ionizing wireless radiation, and not just use the obsolete heat effect standards. It should take into consideration health impacts, the environment, children’s vulnerability, long term effects, power reduction, energy reduction and the risks of new and emerging technologies
3. That Section 704 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act be amended to allow health and environmental effects to be factors in the placement of cell towers to rationally protect public health and the environment. Section 704 FACILITIES SITING; RADIO FREQUENCY EMISSION STANDARDS of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. (iv) No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement, construction, and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the construction, and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissions to the extent that such facilities comply with the Commission’s regulations concerning such emissions.
4 That landlines be protected, especially in rural areas requiring telecommunications to maintain their equipment in working order as a primary means of communication for some and a backup for others.
5. That the National Environmental Policy Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in the U.S.be strengthened for greater protection in the face of this onslaught of new technologies which use more RFR spectrum on land and in space.
6. To define air as habitat to enable protection of species using it and create EMF-free zones during migration and breeding seasons where possible.
7) Allow states to regulate AI for public safety, accountability, transparency, cybersecurity, personal security, privacy and environmental harms using the European Union AI Act as a model for comprehensive legislation.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC ) Link to File or See Comments
Many comments and Letters can be found by searching the FCC website and inserting 25-253, 25-276 or Build America in the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System at https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/search-filings
Thousands of Letters Sent to FCC to Oppose these Proposals
Over 2,000 letters have been written by government representatives, nonprofit organizations and citizens to oppose these proposals. They highlight the many issues faced if these proposals pass.
29 Cities and Municipalities wrote to the FCC with an introduction stating, “The Commission’s NPRM begins with a significant omission: it completely ignores that the legal rug has been pulled out from beneath its existing guidance and rules governing preemption of local authority on wireless siting. The law underlying the Commission’s wireless siting rulings are now in question… The local, democratically accountable, zoning framework ensures that wireless infrastructure is deployed efficiently while maintaining public safety and the unique aesthetic character cherished by each community…Local government authority over land use is critical to protect the health and welfare of local communities and private property values.”
23 States Commented to the FCC that it lacks authority on regulation or deregulation of AI.
Letters Opposing FCC 25-253 and 25-276
29 Cities- ARLINGTON, TX; BELLEVUE, WA; BOSTON, MA; BOWIE, MD; CARMEL-BYTHE-SEA, CA; COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT; CULVER CITY, CA;DALLAS, TX; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FONTANA, CA; GAITHERSBURG, MD; HENDERSON, NV; HILLSBOROUGH, CA; HOWARD COUNTY, MD; MARIN COUNTY, CA; MONTEREY, CA; MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD; ONTARIO, CA; PALO ALTO, CA; PIEDMONT, CA; PISCATAWAY, NJ; PLANO, TX; TEXAS COALITION OF CITIES FOR UTILITY ISSUES; UPLAND, CA; ANN ARBOR, MI; 29 Cities FCC 25-276 Dec 31, 2025
MICHIGAN COALITION TO PROTECT PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY; MICHIGAN MUNICIPAL LEAGUE; AND MICHIGAN TOWNSHIPS ASSOCIATION
23 States on FCC Authority of AI . https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1217194355542/1
Children’s Health Defense (CHD) – McCollough, Scott Esq. Comments FCC 25-276. Dec 31, 2025
American Public Power Association (APPA) – APPA American Public Power Association Comments FCC 25-253 Dec 17, 2025
Colorado and Washington Cities – Colorado and Washington Cities Comments FCC 25-253 Dec 18, 2025
CPUC-California Public Utilities Commission – CPUC Comments FCC 25-276. Dec 31, 2025
Electronic Privacy Information Center – Electronic Privacy Information Center Comments FCC 25-253 Dec 18, 2025
Environmental Health Sciences – EHS Scarato Full Comments FCC 25-276 Dec 29, 2025
Environmental Health Trust – Environmental Health Trust Comments FCC 25-276 DEce 22, 2025
Mom’s Across America – Moms Across America FCC 25-276 DEc 30, 2025
National Association of Telecommunication Officers and Advisors (NATOA) Comments FCC – NATOA Comments FCC 25-276 and 25-253 Dec 10, 2025.pdf
New York State Department of Public Services – New York State Dept of Public Services Comments FCC 25-253. Dec 17, 2025
Physicians for Safe Technology FCC Comments 25-253 PST Letter FCC 25-253 Build America Final 11:16:25 PDF
Physicians for Safe Technology FCC Comments 25-276 – PST FCC Comments 25-276 Dec 29, 2025
Rocky Mountains For Safe Technology (RMST) – RMST Comments 25-276 Dec 29, 2025
Rocky Mountains For Safe Technology (RMST) Reply Comments 1/5/26 – RMST Reply Comments WT Docket No. 25-276 1-5-2026
Rocky Mountains For Safe Technology (RMST) Reply Comments Fire Station Health Effects 1/18/26 –RMST Reply Comments Fire Sation Cell Tower Jan 18 2026
Rocky Mountains For Safe Technology (RMST) Reply Comments Fire 1/15/26 Reply Comments RMST FIRE 1-15-2026_2
U.S. Conference of Mayors, NLC, NACo, NATOA – Conference of Mayors-Nov 17, 2025 FCC WC Docket 25-253
Wired Broadband, Inc 25-276 For Disabled . – WIRED BROADBAND, INC. FCC comments 25-276 Dec 31, 2025 FCC 25-276
Wired Broadband , Inc 25-253. – For Disabled- Wired Broadband for Disabled Persons Comments FCC 25-253 Dec 17,2025.pdf
Cities Opposed to FCC Proposals
29 Cities – 29 Cities FCC 25-276 Dec 31, 2025
Austin, Tx – Austin Tx Comments FCC 25-276 Dec 30, 2025
Monroe County Michigan 25-253 – Monroe County Road Commission Michigan 12:9:25 FCC 25-276 comments
Phoenix, AZ– Port of San Diego Coments FCC 25-276 12:29:25
San Diego, Port of – Port of San Diego Coments FCC 25-276 12:29:25
San Mateo, CA – San Mateo City Coments FCC 25-276. Dec 30, 2025
Scottsdale AZ – Scottsdale AZ comments FCC 25-276 Dec 30, 2025
Tucson, AZ – Tucson AZ FCC Comments 25-276 1:10:26
Walla Walla ,Washington – Walla Walla Washington Comments FCC 25-276 Dec 31, 2025
Individuals Opposed to FCC Proposals
Beety, Nina- Beety Nina Dec 31, 2015 FCC Comments 25-276
Berg, Roberst, Esq. – Robert Berg Attorney FCC coments 25-276. Dec 31, 2025
Berg, Zoe, Esq. – Zoe Berg FCC Comments 25-276 Dec 31, 2025
Burke, Patricia – Patricia Burke Comments FCC 25 276. Dec 31, 2025
Rees, Camilla- Camilla Rees Comments FCC 25-276 Dec 31, 2015
Letters in Favor of FCC Proposals
American Communications Association (ACA) – ACA American Comunication Assocation Comments FCC 25-253 Dec 17, 2025
Association for Broadband Without Boundaries – The Association for Broadband Without Boundaries FCC Comments 25-253 Dec 18, 2025
AT&T – AT&T FCC Comments 25-276 Dec 31, 2025
Chamber of Commerce – Chamber of Commerce Comments FCC 25-276 Dec 22, 2025
CTIA – CTIA Coments FCC 25-276 Dec 31, 2025
Crown Castle – Crown Castle Comments FCC 25-253 Dec 2025
Extenet Systems, Inc. – Extenet Systems Coments FCC 25-276. Dec 31, 2025
Fiber Broadband Association – Fiber Broadband Association Comments FCC 25-253. Dec 17, 2025
Midwest Energy Coop – Midwest Energy Coop Comments FCC 25-253 Dec 17, 2025
Rural Broadband Association – Rural Broadband Assoc. Comments FCC 25-253 Nov 18, 2025
T Mobile – T Mobile Coments FCC 25-276 Dec 31, 2025
U.S. Telecom – US Telecom comments FCC 25-253 Dec 18, 2025
Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) – Wireless Infrastructure Assoc. Comments FCC 25-253. Dec 18, 2025
For more information
The FCC’s Plan to Fast Track Cell Towers. Environmental Health Sciences. https://ehsciences.org/fcc-fast-track-cell-towers-25-276/
FCC Proposal Build America 25-276 To Preempt Local Control and Fast Track Cell Towers. Environmental Health Sciences. https://ehsciences.org/fcc-proposal-build-america-25-276-to-preempt-local-control-and-fast-track-cell-towers/
Opposition Mounts Against FCC Cell Tower Fast-Track Proposal (25-276). https://ehsciences.org/opposition-mounts-against-fcc-cell-tower-fast-track-proposal-25-276/
Official Letters Opposing FCC Cell Tower Fast-Track Rules. Environmental Health Sciences. https://ehsciences.org/official-letters-opposing-fcc-cell-tower-fast-track-rules/
Webinar: FCC and Congressional Proposals To Strip Local Control Over Cell Towers. EHS. Dec 6, 2025.https://www.ehn.org/webinar-fcc-cell-tower-fast-track
CONGRESSIONAL BILLS THAT WILL INCREASE WIRELESS RADIATION. 2025. Evironmental Health Trust. https://ehtrust.org/congress/
References
FCC Rulings
FCC Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireline Deployments. FCC 25-253. Sept 30, 2025. https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-414410A1.pdf AND https://www.dwt.com/-/media/files/blogs/broadband-advisor/2025/fcc2566a1.pdf?rev=7a1916c01d7d45808f3e7d7d4906a82b&hash=E98CF93B1CE433E38419014F204FC543
FCC Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireless Deployments. FCC 25-276. Dec 1, 2025. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/01/2025-21620/build-america-eliminating-barriers-to-wireless-deployments AND https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-25-67A1.pdf AND https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-25-67A1.pdf
FCC FACT SHEET* Delete, Delete, Delete In re: Delete, Delete, Delete Direct Final Rule – GN Docket No. 25-133. https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-415572A1.pdf
FCC Chairman Carr Launches Massive Deregulation Initiative FCC Opens “In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete” Docket. FCC. March 12, 2025. https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-410147A1.pdf
FCC. Build America: Permitting Reform Edition. Sept 8, 2025. Brendan Carr, Chairman FCC. https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/blog/2025/09/08/build-america-permitting-reform-edition
House Bills
HR 278,HR 1343, HR 1588, HR 1665, HR 1681, HR 1731, HR 1836, HR 2289, H.R. 5264 and HR 6046
H.R. 278- Broadband Leadership Act (Rep H. Morgan Griffith R-VA-9) imposes shot clocks on approvals and restricts local fees to cost-based, transparent charges. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/278/all-info
H.R. 1343 – Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act. 19th Congress (2025-2026). Pfluger (R-Tx). [“To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a plan for the Assistant Secretary to track the acceptance, processing, and disposal of certain Form 299s, and for other purposes… and note any potential barriers to implementing the plan that are identified by the Assistant Secretary.]
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1343 AND https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr1343/BILLS-119hr1343ih.xml
H.R. 1588 – Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act. 19th Congress (2025-2026). Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1) [ “To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to report to Congress on any barriers to establishing online portals to accept, process, and dispose of certain Form 299s, and for other purposes.” This applies to public lands and National Forest Service lands. Monitors and speeds up the application process, holding municipalities accountable to rapidly approve permits.] https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1588/all-actions AND https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr1588/BILLS-119hr1588ih.pdf
H.R. 1665 – DIGITAL Applications Act. ‘‘Deploying Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act’’. 19th Congress (2025-2026). Cammack (R-Fl).[ “To require the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to establish online portals to accept, process, and dispose of certain Form 299s, and for other purposes.” Form 299 is an application for transportation, utility systems, telecommunications and facilities on federal land and property. It applies to public lands and National Forest Land. This will monitor the application process to “accelerate” rather than thoughtfully contemplate a permit for a telecommunications facility.]
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1665 AND https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr1665/BILLS-119hr1665ih.pdf
H.R.1681 – Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act. 19th Congress (2025-2026).[Creates a strike for to mandate and monitor rapid approval of telecommunications infrastructure and involves all Federal Land Management Agencies-public lands, Bureau of Land Management and the National Forest System.] https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1681/text AND https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr1681/BILLS-119hr1681ih.pdf
H.R.1731 – Standard FEES Act to Expedite Evaluation and Streamlining Act. 19th Congress (2025-2026). Gary (R-AL) [The Administrator of General Services establishes a uniform schedule of fees and removes ability of municipalities to set their own fees] https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1731 AND https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr1731/BILLS-119hr1731ih.pdf
H.R. 1836 – DEEMED GRANTED Act of 2025 (Rep. Obernolte -R-CA-23) [tightens the “deemed granted” remedy for federal rights of way, easement and lease applications. An agency has 30 days to submit a written notice of what’s missing in an application – or the project advances.] https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1836/text
H.R. 2289 – Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act. 19th Congress (2025-2026). [Removes National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Review and National Historic Preservation Act Review for all infrastructure permit requests. This assumes without study there are no environmental impacts and dismisses historic sites]. Carter (R-GA). https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2289 AND https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr2289/BILLS-119hr2289ih.pdf
H.R. 5264- SPEED for Broadband Infrastructure Act (Rep Goldman R-TX-12)- To amend the Communications Act of 1934. And “gets under the hood on NEPA” and historic preservation reviews. It keeps state and local zoning authority intact, while exempting reviews for projects substantially similar to existing facilities or where easements on federal property have already been granted to a provider or utility. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5264/text
H.R.6046 – Broadband and Telecommunications RAIL Act. 19th Congress (2025-2026). Joyce (R-PA). [“To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to streamline the deployment of telecommunications or broadband service facilities in the public rights-of-way and the rights-of-way of railroad carriers, and for other purposes.” And of there is already a prior permit authorized the carrier “is not required to submit an application to the railroad carrier under subsection (b) 26 with respect to the placement or modification.”, but only schedule a date for coordination.]
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6046/text AND https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr6046/BILLS-119hr6046ih.pdf
Communications and Technology Committee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Sept 18, 2025 Meeting to combine 28 Telecommunications bills.
https://energycommerce.house.gov/committees/subcommittee/communications-technology
E&C Advances Fifteen Bills to the Full House of Representatives. Dec 3, 2025. Energy and Commerce Committee. https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/full-committee-markup-recap-e-and-c-advances-fifteen-bills-to-the-full-house-of-representatives
Executive Orders
Executive Order 14192 Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation. 90 FR 9065; January 31, 2025. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/06/2025-02345/unleashing-prosperity-through-deregulation
EPA. Executive Order 14192 – Unleashing Prosperity through Deregulation. https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/executive-order-14192-unleashing-prosperity-through-deregulation
EPA. Executive Order 14192 – “Unleashing Prosperity through Deregulation.” 90 FR 9065; January 31, 2025. https://www.epa.gov/regulatory-information-sector
Executive Order 14219 – “Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Deregulatory Initiative.” Feb 19, 2025. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/ensuring-lawful-governance-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency-regulatory-initiative/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Executive Order 14219 – “DIRECTING THE REPEAL OF UNLAWFUL REGULATIONS.” April 9, 2025. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/directing-the-repeal-of-unlawful-regulations/
Executive Order 14179 “ENSURING A NATIONAL POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Dec 11, 2025. White House. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/eliminating-state-law-obstruction-of-national-artificial-intelligence-policy/
Executive Order 14179. Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence. January 23, 2025. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/removing-barriers-to-american-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence/
Executive Action – Winning the RaceAMERICA’S AI ACTION PLAN. The White House. July 2025. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Americas-AI-Action-Plan.pdf
Executive Order 14219: “Deregulation by Directive”. Disability Advocacy Program. Empire Justice Center. April 30, 2025. https://empirejustice.org/resources_post/executive-order-14219-deregulation-by-directive/
European Laws on AI and Digital Privacy
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act. Up-to-date developments and analyses of the EU AI Act. https://artificialintelligenceact.eu
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act. High-level summary of the AI Act. EU. https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/high-level-summary/
What is the EU AI Act? IBM. https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/eu-ai-act
The European AI Act and Its Implications for New York State Higher Education Institutions. Rockefeller Institute of Government. https://rockinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/EU-AI-and-Higher-Education-web.pdf
AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker – European Union: The EU introduces the pioneering EU AI Act, aiming to become a global hub for human-centric, trustworthy AI. https://www.whitecase.com/insight-our-thinking/ai-watch-global-regulatory-tracker-european-union
Dawn of the EU’s AI Act: political agreement reached on world’s first comprehensive horizontal AI regulation. White and Case. Dec 14, 2023. https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/dawn-eus-ai-act-political-agreement-reached-worlds-first-comprehensive-horizontal-ai
Energy efficiency requirements under the EU AI Act. White and Case. April 14, 2025. https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/energy-efficiency-requirements-under-eu-ai-act
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016. Text. https://gdpr-info.eu/
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679. OECD. https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/access-to-public-research-data-toolkit_a12e8998-en/general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr-eu-2016-679_308fe54f-en.h
EU Product Liability Directive 2024– DIRECTIVE (EU) 2024/2853 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 23 October 2024 on liability for defective products and repealing Council Directive 85/374/EEC. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/2853/oj/eng
New EU Product Liability Directive Comes Into Force. Lathan Watkins Client Alert. Dec 23, 2024. https://www.lw.com/admin/upload/SiteAttachments/New-EU-Product-Liability-Directive-Comes-Into-Force.pdf
The General Product Safety Regulation 2023/988/EU. REGULATION (EU) 2023/988 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 10 May 2023 on general product safety. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/988/oj/eng
The General Product Safety Regulation 2023, Eurofins New REGULATION (EU) 2023/988 for consumer products. https://www.eurofins.com/consumer-product-testing/media-centre/news/regulation-eu-2023988/
Retained EU law for intellectual property. UK Intellectual Property Office. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/intellectual-property-and-retained-european-union-law-the-facts/retained-eu-law-for-intellectual-property
Articles Other
Statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors CEO & Executive Director Tom Cochran on FCC’s Order Subordinating Local Property Rights. Sept 26, 2018. https://www.usmayors.org/2018/09/26/statement-by-u-s-conference-of-mayors-ceo-executive-director-tom-cochran-on-fccs-order-subordinating-local-property-rights/
COMMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS AND ADVISORS. FCC 25-253. Nov 17, 2025. https://www.tml.org/DocumentCenter/View/5668/FCC-Wireline-NOI-Local-Gov-Associations-WC-Docket-No-25-253-Comments
Stepping In: The FCC’s Authority to Preempt State Laws Under the Communications Act. Congressional Research Service Report (CRS) R 46736. Commerce & Small Business; Science & Technology. Holmes, Eric N.; Linebaugh, Chris D. 05/12/2025. https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46736
The Cable Franchising Authority of State and Local Governments and the Communications Act. Congressional Research Service Report (CRS) R R46147. Commerce & Small Business; Science & Technology. Holmes, Eric N.; Linebaugh, Chris D. 01/03/2020. https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46736
Cramer BW. The moral hazard of Lax FCC land use oversight for advanced network infrastructure. Benjamin W Cramer. Telecommunications Policy. Vol 46, Issue 1. February 2022, 102232. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308596121001361
Right way wrong way: The fading legal justifications for telecommunications infrastructure rights-of-way. Benjamin W Cramer. Telecommunications Policy. Vol 40, Issues 10-11. October 2016, Pages 996-1006. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308596116300477
Stretched Thin and Feeling the Squeeze:The Harmful Effects of Small Cell Preemption on Local Governments”. March 2021. Natioanl Organization of Telecommunications officers and Advisors (NOTOA). https://assets.noviams.com/novi-file-uploads/natoa/20210317_NATOA_CWAReport-17d3e437.pdf
5G Deployment: State of Play in Europe, USA and Asia. 2020. European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2019/631060/IPOL_IDA(2019)631060_EN.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2qjkIH4I-kS-gZ6elTDCBSDQHiull298iFkNKCQw6-F9Ns5uyemkLA0bo
CPUC Rejects AT&T’s Request to Withdraw as Carrier of Last Resort; Opens New Rulemaking Process. Press Release. June 20, 2024. https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M534/K132/534132863.PDF
Whatever Industry Wants: How the FCC Is Steamrolling Locals in the Cell Tower Rollout. Erica Rosenberg. Jan 2, 2026. https://www.commondreams.org/tag/federal-communications-commission
Two new FCC proposals would render an already weak NEPA process largely meaningless, strip local and state governments of nearly all of their congressionally granted authority, and leave the agency even less accountable to the public. Erica Rosenberg. Jan 2, 2026. Common Dreams. https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/fcc-cell-towers-nepa
How the FCC Shields Cellphone Companies From Safety Concerns. The wireless industry is rolling out thousands of new transmitters amid a growing body of research that calls cellphone safety into question. Federal regulators say there’s nothing to worry about — even as they rely on standards established in 1996. Peter Elkind. ProPublica. Nov 10. 2022. https://www.propublica.org/article/fcc-5g-wireless-safety-cellphones-risk
Trump is laying the groundwork to privatize America’s national parks. Jonathan Jarvis and Gary Machlis. May 12, 2025. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/12/trump-is-laying-the-groundwork-to-privatize-americas-national-parks
Building Autonomous Telecom Networks: Transforming Operations with AI and Generative AI-powered predictive fault management is revolutionizing telecom operations by enabling proactive network maintenance and reducing downtime. This shift enhances efficiency, optimizes resources, and paves the way for autonomous networks. https://www.sutherlandglobal.com/insights/blog/building-autonomous-telecom-networks
What are the Benefits of AI in Telecom Network Optimization? Birchwood University. https://www.birchwoodu.org/what-are-the-benefits-of-ai-in-telecom-network-optimization/
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Election Administration. U.S. Election Commission. Dec 23, 2025. https://www.eac.gov/AI
Building Autonomous Telecom Networks: Transforming Operations with AI and Generative AI. AI-powered predictive fault management is revolutionizing telecom operations by enabling proactive network maintenance and reducing downtime. This shift enhances efficiency, optimizes resources, and paves the way for autonomous networks.
Verizon to pay $7.7M for improperly stored petroleum, lead-acid batteries in Southern California. Jan 2, 2026. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/verizon-to-pay-7-7m-for-improperly-stored-petroleum-lead-acid-batteries-in-southern-california/
Fiber project leads to gas leak near Flint Hills Wildlife Refuge office. Hartford, Kansas. KVOE. Oct 10, 2024. https://kvoe.com/2024/10/10/fiber-project-leads-to-gas-leak-near-flint-hills-wildlife-refuge-office/
Natural Gas-Fueled Building Explosion and Resulting Fire New York City, New York March 12, 2014. National Transportation Board. https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/PAR1501.pdf
Fiber optic cable installation company loses BBB accreditation due to unresolved complaints. August 21, 2025. Houston Texas. KHOU. https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/fiber-optic-cable-water-line-problems/285-b6fa0f60-c781-419e-8ac4-32f7a6c738e7
Homeowner says cable installation ruptured sewer line in her yard, causing flood. Click 2 Houston. July 11, 2022. https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/07/12/homeowner-says-cable-installation-ruptured-sewer-line-in-her-yard-causing-flood/
Residents urge moratorium on new cell towers after erosion, country says AT&T ordered geotechnical survey. Feb 4, 2025. Citizen Portal. Trinity County, California. https://citizenportal.ai/articles/6279617/Trinity-County/California/Residents-urge-moratorium-on-new-cell-towers-after-erosion-county-says-AT-and-T-ordered-geotechnical-survey
Captured Agency: How the Federal Communications Commission Is Dominated by the Industries It Presumably Regulates. Norm Alster. 2013. https://www.jrseco.com/wp-content/uploads/FCC_captured_agency_Alster.pdf
Environmental Procedures at the FCC: A Case Study in Corporate Capture. Erica Rosenberg. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. Vol 64, 2022. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00139157.2022.2131190?journalCode=venv20 Summary here: https://www.saferemr.com/2023/07
The Science for Profit Model—How and why corporations influence science and the use of science in policy and practice. (2021) Tess Legg, Jenny Hatchard, Anna B. Gilmore. PLOS One. Published: June 23, 2021. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253272.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0253272
The science of spin: targeted strategies to manufacture doubt with detrimental effects on environmental and public health. Rebecca F Goldberg and Laura N Vandenberg. Environmental Health. March 26, 2021. 0, Article number: 33 (2021). https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-021-00723-0
Distract, delay, disrupt: examples of manufactured doubt from five industries. (2019) Golderg and Vandenberg. Rev Environ Health. 2019 Jul 4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31271562
How Silicon Valley Uses Big Tobacco, Pharma, and Oil Tactics to Block Regulation. Emma Jones and Isabel Sunderland. Oct 21, 2025. https://www.techpolicy.press/how-silicon-valley-uses-big-tobacco-pharma-and-oil-tactics-to-block-regulation/
Unmasking FCC’s Revolving Door with Telecom Giants. Aug 1, 2024. Revolving Door Project. https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/unmasking-fccs-revolving-door-with-telecom-giants/
Taming Tech Giants Requires Fixing the Revolving Door. Carlotta Alfonsi. Feb 18, 2020. https://studentreview.hks.harvard.edu/taming-tech-giants-requires-fixing-the-revolving-door/
Flora and fauna: how nonhuman species interact with natural and man-made EMF at ecosystem levels and public policy recommendations. Levitt B et al. Front. Public Health, 18 November 2025. Sec. Radiation and Health.https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1693873/full
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1693873/full
Broadband Permit Reforms Survive House Subcommittee. Nov 18, 2025. https://www.law360.com/articles/2412176/broadband-permit-reforms-survive-house-subcommittee
FCC, Congress move to streamline state, local broadband permitting. Nov 18, 2025. https://statescoop.com/fcc-congress-move-to-streamline-state-local-broadband-permitting/
Broadband Permitting Legislation Moves Forward. Nov 20, 2025. Telecompetitor. https://www.telecompetitor.com/broadband-permitting-legislation-moves-forward/
IoT Shoe Insert Connects Gait To Digital Worlds. Forbes. Feb 13, 2015. Robert Vamosi. https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertvamosi/2015/02/13/iot-shoe-insert-connects-gait-to-digital-worlds/?sh=65193ad71c81
Mobile 5G and Small Cell 2022 Legislation. National Conference of State Legislators. October 2022. https://www.ncsl.org/technology-and-communication/mobile-5g-and-small-cell-2022-legislation
Fiber project leads to gas leak near Flint Hills Wildlife Refuge office. Hartford, Kansas. KVOE. Oct 10, 2024. https://kvoe.com/2024/10/10/fiber-project-leads-to-gas-leak-near-flint-hills-wildlife-refuge-office/
Natural Gas-Fueled Building Explosion and Resulting Fire New York City, New York March 12, 2014. National Transportation Board. https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/PAR1501.pdf
Fiber optic cable installation company loses BBB accreditation due to unresolved complaints. August 21, 2025. Houston Texas. KHOU. https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/fiber-optic-cable-water-line-problems/285-b6fa0f60-c781-419e-8ac4-32f7a6c738e7
Homeowner says cable installation ruptured sewer line in her yard, causing flood. Click 2 Houston. July 11, 2022. https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/07/12/homeowner-says-cable-installation-ruptured-sewer-line-in-her-yard-causing-flood/