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On February 27, WTA, NTCA, USTelecom and ITTA sent a letter to the leadership of the Senate Commerce Committee and House Energy and Commerce Committee asking them to ensure that broadband networks in rural areas are supported in any national … Continue reading “ILEC Industry Tells Congress to Support Rural Broadband”
This week, WTA met with the Wireline Competition Bureau at the FCC regarding industry’s request for a partial stay of the Broadband Privacy Order. WTA emphasized that time is of the essence in granting the stay with a March 2 … Continue reading “WTA Supports Partial Stay of Broadband Privacy Order”
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 23, 2017) – WTA – Advocates for Rural Broadband supports today’s action by the Federal Communications Commission to extend the exemption for small internet service providers (ISPs) from the Commission’s 2015 Open Internet Order’s enhanced transparency provisions. … Continue reading “WTA Supports FCC Small ISP Exemption of Open Internet Order Enhanced Transparency Provisions”
On February 17, WTA filed a petition for temporary waiver or extension of the HUBB Portal filing requirements for recipients of ACAM and CAF-BLS funding. WTA is under the impression that the requirements for filing broadband locations in the HUBB … Continue reading “WTA Requests Temporary Waiver of March 1 HUBB Portal Filing Requirement”
On February 14, representatives from WTA and WTA member companies met with staff from the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss fully funding the ACAM and rate-of-return paths of the High-Cost USF program. They also discussed the rate-of-return path competitive … Continue reading “WTA Discusses USF Reform with FCC Wireline Competition Bureau, Commissioner O’Rielly’s Staff”
On February 13, WTA filed comments with the FCC seeking “full funding of the ACAM Path at the original August 3, 2016 support offers and associated build-out obligations for all entities that accepted the revised December 20, 2016 offers and … Continue reading “WTA Files Comments Supporting Full Funding of ACAM and Rate-of-Return Mechanism”
On February 10, representatives from WTA and its member companies met with Jay Schwartz, FCC Chairman Pai’s, wireline advisor to discussion broadband deployment in rural areas, advantages of fiber, and the need to fully fund both ACAM and the … Continue reading “WTA Discusses USF Reforms with FCC Chairman’s Office”
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