August 2025

Public Knowledge joined the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, Free Press, and New America’s Open Technology Institute to announce a decision not to file a petition for certiorari seeking U.S. Supreme Court review of a lower court decision that struck down federal Net Neutrality rules.

Surf Internet announced that construction will soon begin on a new fiber-optic internet project in the Village of Fowlerville (MI). Fully funded by Surf, the $1.2 million investment will bring high-speed fiber service to approximately 960 locations throughout the village. The Fowlerville project is Surf’s latest step in expanding internet access across Livingston County and complements a broader $26 million infrastructure effort funded in part by Michigan’s Realizing Opportunity with Broadband Infrastructure Networks Grant.

Canada’s telecommunications regulator is requiring the country’s broadband companies to wholesale their networks to competitors in open-access-type arrangements, angering some of the largest service providers such as Rogers Communications and Bell Canada. In 2024, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission made a decision to require broadband operators to lease their broadband networks to rival companies to allow for more competition on existing networks for high-speed internet services across the country. Canadian Minister of Industry Mélanie