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Pivot Webinar Encore: From SEO to GSO: Prepping for the AI Search-pocalypse

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From SEO to GSO

Say goodbye to keyword stuffing and hello to smarter search. AI search engines like Google’s AI Overviews are serving up instant answers and skipping the clicks. That means your content needs to be smarter, sharper, and ready for AI to find it first. Join Pivot’s Director of Web Services, Travis Chillemi, who will break down what … Read more

Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to USF’s Constitutionality

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The Supreme Court this morning released its opinion in FCC v Consumers’ Research, effectively preserving the status quo of the current universal service fund (USF). Justice Elena Kagan writing the 6-3 majority opinion said the USF contributions system does not violate the Constitution’s “nondelegation doctrine,” citing a century’s worth of precedent. While the telecommunications industry expressed relief by the court’s opinion, there is also widespread agreement that the USF contribution system is broken and needs reform.

FCC Lifts Certified Professional Engineer Requirement for BDC Filings

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The FCC adopted a rule dropping the requirement for a “certified professional engineer” to certify twice-yearly data submission to the Broadband Data Collection (BDC) process. ISPs, especially rural broadband providers, found it difficult to find professional engineers for the task and the Commission has regularly waived the rule since BDC’s implementation in 2022. The replacement rule allowing a “qualified engineer“ to certify is “a more flexible approach,” said newly sworn-in Commissioner Olivia Trusty attending her first meeting (pictured).

Supreme Court Weakens Influence of FCC Policy on Lower Courts

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The U.S. Supreme Court handed down an opinion today weakening the influence of FCC policy on lower-court interpretations. By a 6-3 majority in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates v. McKesson Corp., the court said that review of Commission interpretation of statutes is not exclusively reserved for federal appeals courts. It carries on the Supreme Court’s recent trend of deemphasizing federal agencies’ power, including the 2024 Loper Bright Enterprises opinion, which ended the 40-year-old Chevron deference.

Sleep Easier: How MxDR Protects Broadband Providers Around the Clock

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Cyber threats don’t sleep—and neither should your defenses. Join NRTC and Chris Martincavage, CISSP and Director of Solutions Engineering at SilverSky, for a practical look at Managed Extended Detection and Response (MxDR) and how it gives broadband providers the visibility, speed, and intelligence to stop threats before they become disasters. Learn what MxDR really is, why it’s … Read more