WTA Meets with Chairman Pai’s Staff to Discuss Privacy Order, the Local Voice Rate Floor, and Disincentives to Invest in Rural Areas

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On March 23, representatives from WTA met with Jay Schwarz, Wireline Advisor to Chairman Pai. They discussed working with the Commission to ensure that certain CPNI rules eliminated in the 2016 Privacy Order are not resurrected should Congress succeed … Continue reading “WTA Meets with Chairman Pai’s Staff to Discuss Privacy Order, the Local Voice Rate Floor, and Disincentives to Invest in Rural Areas”

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WTA Urges Full Funding for Universal Service

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WTA has filed comments with the FCC seeking full funding of the Alternative-Connect America Model (A-CAM) and modified legacy rate-of-return universal service funding mechanisms. The FCC previously reduced A-CAM support and rural broadband deployment obligations as a result of insufficient … Continue reading “WTA Urges Full Funding for Universal Service”

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WTA Supports Targeted Reconsideration of FCC’s Privacy Rules

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WTA filed reply comments in response to nearly a dozen petitions for reconsideration and several oppositions regarding the FCC’s Broadband Privacy Order adopted in October 2016.  WTA urged targeted reconsideration of the Order to address concerns that (1) the FCC … Continue reading “WTA Supports Targeted Reconsideration of FCC’s Privacy Rules”

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WTA Meets With Chairman Pai’s Office to Discuss USF, Lifeline, Rate-floor

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On March 2, representatives from WTA’s staff met with Jay Schwarz, Wireline Advisor to Chairman Ajit Pai. WTA advocated for full funding of the ACAM and RoR USF paths as well as a elimination or suspension of the telephone … Continue reading “WTA Meets With Chairman Pai’s Office to Discuss USF, Lifeline, Rate-floor”

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WTA Support Adak Eagle Enterprises’ Petition for Reconsideration

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On March 6, WTA filed comments in support of Adak Eagle Enterprises’ Petition for Reconsideration. In its Petition for Reconsideration, Adak requested the FCC reconsider its decision to not extend the company a second-round ACAM offer because it could not … Continue reading “WTA Support Adak Eagle Enterprises’ Petition for Reconsideration”

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WTA Supports Partial Stay of Broadband Privacy Order

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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”

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WTA Requests Temporary Waiver of March 1 HUBB Portal Filing Requirement

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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”

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