On October 17th, NECA, WTA, NTCA and OPASTCO held a conference call with the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss various interim and longer-term options for addressing concerns with respect to the regression analysis-based caps on universal service fund support. … Continue reading “Rural Associations Discuss Problems With QRA With FCC”
On October 3rd, WTA, along with NTCA and OPASTCO, formally nominated Geoff Feiss (Montana Telephone Association) to serve another term on the Universal Service Administrative Company Board of Directors as a representative of ILECs with annual reporting revenues of $40 … Continue reading “Rural Associations Nominate Geoff Feiss to Serve on USAC Board”
On October, 1st, NECA, WTA, NTCA, OPASTCO, USTelecom and ERTA filed comments in support of TDS’s petition for waiver of FCC rules so that ”it may include in its Carrier Base Period Intercarrier Compensation Revenue the amounts owed to it … Continue reading “Associations Support TDS Petition for Waiver”
On Sept. 28th, NECA, WTA, NTCA, OPASTCO and ERTA filed comments with the FCC in its proceeding on a proposed survey of urban rates for fixed voice and fixed broadband residential services. The FCC also seeks comment on how this … Continue reading “Rural Associations File Comments on Proposed Urban Rates Survey”
On August 9th, WTA, NECA, NTCA and OPASTCO filed comments with the FCC stating the associations “do not oppose grant of a waiver to HyperCube for situations where Multi-Frequency signaling technology is used. Any such waiver should be strictly limited … Continue reading “Rural Associations File Comments on HyperCube Call Signaling Waiver Request”
On August 6th, WTA, NTCA and OPASTCO filed reply-comments with the FCC in response to its FNRPM on reforming the USF contributions system.… Continue reading “Rural Associations File Reply Comments on USF Contributions Reform”
On July 26th, WTA, NECA, NTCA and OPASTCO filed comments on a request for waiver of the call signaling rules by C Spire Wireless, Corr Wireless, Delta Telephone Co., Franklin Telephone Co, and Telepak Networks. The rural associations “do not … Continue reading “Rural Associations File Comments on Waiver Request of Call Signaling Rules”
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