Protec Michigan

Protec Michigan We fight on their behalf & citizens PROTEC has represented jurisdictions of all sizes through coordinated lobbying efforts at both the state and federal level.

PROTEC is the watchdog in Michigan making telecom companies accountable for rent they owe local government for the use of publicly owned property and their right to receive fair compensation use publicly owned property. When founded, PROTEC's founders were responding to changes in Michigan laws which threatened to give telecommunications companies free, unrestricted access to public roads and ease

ments. Such uncontrolled access threatened (and continues to threaten) the safety, health, and well being of every Michigan resident and business. Since PROTEC's formation, the residents and businesses of numerous cities, villages and townships have benefited from the allied efforts of the coalition. PROTEC has expanded its efforts to meet the needs of every Michigan city, village and township, including dealing with concerns over public right-of-way usage by gas and electric companies.

05/26/2026

Join us tomorrowfor our monthly meeting and find out why members are an integral part of PROTEC defending local authority and the public rights of way. Plus, we share a recent decision in favor of municipalities and how communities can act to claim any monies owed them.

Meeting: Wednesday, May 27 starting at 2pm
Via Zoom or in person at Dearborn City Hall.

Details: https://www.facebook.com/share/18k89yHnLq/?mibextid=wwXIfr

05/25/2026

On this day we pay tribute to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Thank you.

05/21/2026

In the warm halls of the Grand Hotel on Mackinaw Island in June of 1996, then Dearborn Mayor Michael Guido huddled with his legal and policy counsel and MML leadership and urged the creation of a new entity that could be a strong voice for local control of our ROW in the face of then recent efforts by the telecommunications industry to install a new kind of communication lines called “optical fiber” in the City Rights Of Way.

For Free. And, without regulation.

Livonia, Southfield and a dozen other communities joined the effort. Within a few years, over 100 communities joined up and almost 500 follow PROTEC from across the country.

05/15/2026

Today we celebrate 30 years of advocacy work on behalf of local governments and Public, Educational, and Government access channels.

🚨 Action Alert 🚨Local Zoning Control
05/13/2026

🚨 Action Alert 🚨Local Zoning Control

Email from Michigan Townships Association Reach out now and ask your state rep to oppose this legislation!     MTA Action Alert   Housing preemption bills are before a House committee THIS Thursday—as

For 30 years PROTEC has advocated for consumer protection including price gouging and inflation. The telecom industry ha...
05/12/2026

For 30 years PROTEC has advocated for consumer protection including price gouging and inflation. The telecom industry has sold the line that they can only bring down prices if the red tape is cut. Politicians continue to believe cutting out more and more regulations and responsibility for telecoms. And yet prices to continue to rise and we have yet to see those prices drive downward.

Streaming companies are discovering that their most valuable customers may not be the ones paying the most. Instead, it’s increasingly the viewers who watch the most.

The change is being driven by a move away from a subscription-only model to one that combines subscription fees with advertising. Because ads are sold based on viewership, the more time a subscriber spends watching, the more revenue that viewer generates.

More: cnb.cx/42oQtIz

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05/12/2026

With Fierce Network – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

We continue to monitor and advocate on behalf of local municipalities to retain local control and authority. State and l...
05/12/2026

We continue to monitor and advocate on behalf of local municipalities to retain local control and authority.

State and local permitting processes are intended to protect rights-of-way and enforce zoning, environmental, and historical laws, but excessive delays and fees can create major barriers to broadband deployment.

Executive Summary Americans are using more bandwidth than ever before, and broadband deployers are rushing to build advanced communications infrastructure necessary to meet this growing demand. Yet state and local permitting processes—intended to ensure that deployers won’t run afoul of zoning, ...

With American Action Forum – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉
05/12/2026

With American Action Forum – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

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