This episode features Jonathan Spalter, president and CEO of USTelecom. We discuss the Biden administration's goal of universal broadband connectivity and how the telecommunications industry is working to meet it through a mix of public and private funding, including the forthcoming $42.5 billion Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. We also get into the need for Congress to secure the future of the Affordable Connectivity Fund (ACP) and pass the Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act, what a waiver on "Buy America" rules for BEAD should look like and more.

Here are a few topics covered in this episode:

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