The FCC wants to take away local control over the deployment of cell towers and antennas. This is how we stop it.
Here's how you can help:
Step One: Download and print out this flyer.
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Step Two: Take copies of the flyer to every elected official you can find.
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Step Three: Ask them to please submit their comment to the FCC.
Congress gave local officials the authority to control the deployment of wireless infrastructure in their communities. ​The FCC's proposed new rule (Docket # 25-276) takes that authority away.* We can't stop this by ourselves, We need local officials across the country to push back against this blatant power grab. ​
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America's telecoms are chafing under the bit of local control. They are sick and tired of local zoning laws that restrict their ability to put their wireless towers and antennas anywhere they want.
Back in 1996, Congress passed the Telecommunications Act, which specifically reserved for local officials the ability to control the deployment of wireless infrastructure in their communities, with limited restrictions.
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Now the telecoms and the FCC want to strip away the control that Congress gave exclusively to local officials, despite the fact that municipal leaders know their communities best and were elected to protect and preserve the values of their constituents.
The FCC wants to get this done before too many local officials begin to push back. Please act today!
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Our new website, designed for local officials, helps them easily submit comments directly to the FCC.
Here's part of 25-276:
* "With this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (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. This Notice answers President Trump’s call across the federal government to expedite, eliminate, and simplify permitting burdens that inhibit economic development, job creation, and energy production. This proceeding also builds on the Commission’s successful efforts during President Trump’s first term to streamline infrastructure rules, which helped spur significant investment and network buildout." (emphasis added)
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