Today, WTA sent a letter to the FCC reiterating its support for the Petition for Expedited Rulemaking filed by the Alaska Telecom Association in January 2023.
WTA urges the Commission to move forward expeditiously to consider and adopt an updated
On August 9, WTA filed comments in response to the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Facilitating the Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services. In its comments, WTA sought clarity on whether the FCC and/or state and local authorities will: … Continue reading “WTA Seeks Clarity and Provides Context on NG911 NPRM”
In a letter filed today with the FCC, WTA expressed opposition to letters from a coalition of RDOF winners that seek substantial post-auction supplemental additions to the support amounts, as well as significant changes to the distribution schedules and other … Continue reading “WTA Expresses Opposition to Supplementing RDOF Support Amounts”
Yesterday, representatives from WTA met with staff from the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss the circulating Order and proposals to modify the ACAM and CAF-BLS mechanisms for small USF High Cost Program recipients.
WTA hopes that the ultimately adopted
Today, WTA responded to the FCC’s Public Notice on Broadband Benchmarks. In its comments WTA stressed the importance accurate calculations of reasonably comparable broadband rate benchmarks for rural high-cost support recipients. WTA supports the continued inclusion of accurate upload speed … Continue reading “WTA Responds to Broadband Benchmark Public Notice”
Representatives from WTA recently met with staff for FCC Commissioners Carr, Starks and Simington to express support for the timely waiver of the Budget Control Mechanism for CAF-BLS support for at least the July 2023-to-June 2024 support year. A representative … Continue reading “WTA Discusses BCM Waiver Order with FCC”
On May 8, representatives from WTA met with staff from FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel’s office to reiterate support for a timely waiver of the Budget Control Mechanism for at least the July 2023-to-June 2024 support year and for timely adoption and
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