The tariff refund challenge

Feb. 27, 2026
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Key Highlights

  • Industry stakeholders face a choice between legal action for tariff refunds or accepting tariff-related losses.
  • Charter has appointed Jeffery from Frontier as its new COO, signaling leadership changes in the sector.
  • Lumen is expanding its Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) offerings to strengthen its market position.
  • Lightwave's Sean Buckley offers expert insights into these industry developments in the latest Friday Five video.

Broadband and optical industry stakeholders face the decision of whether to dedicate legal resources and time to secure a refund or to absorb tariff-related losses. In other news, Charter names Frontier's Jeffery as COO and Lumen scales its NaaS base. Sean Buckley, Editor in Chief of Lightwave, breaks it down in this week's Friday Five video. 

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Sean Buckley
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Sean Buckley

Sean is the Editor-in-Chief of Lightwave. He establishes and executes Lightwave's editorial strategy across its website, email newsletters, events, and other information products. Before coming to Lightwave in July 2023, he served as editor of Broadband Communities. Earlier, he served as senior editor of FierceTelecom and the editor of the former Telecommunications Magazine. He got his start in the optical industry in 1998 when he became the editor of enterprise and optical networks at Information Gatekeepers. He has a BA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and lives in Dracut, Mass, with his wife, two sons, and his cat, Dove. 

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