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
Today, WTA made recommendations to NTIA on its draft Model Challenge Process for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program.
WTA urged NTIA to strengthen its proposed Deduplication Process to produce more effective targeting of BEAD funds to areas … Continue reading “WTA Recommends Modifications to NTIA’s BEAD Model Challenge Process”
Today, WTA responded to the FCC’s NPRM on making it easier for Tribal libraries to participate in the FCC’s E-Rate program. WTA recommends: (1) the simplification of E-Rate applications and processes to include only absolutely necessary information; (2) an increase … Continue reading “WTA Comments on Proposals to Facilitate Tribal Library Participation in the E-Rate Program”
Today, WTA filed reply comments in the FCC’s Data Breach Reporting Requirements proceeding. WTA reiterated its overall concern that because of the limited number of employees at its member companies, the FCC should coordinate its data breach reporting requirements … Continue reading “WTA Replies to Comments in Data Breach Notification Proceeding”
On March 16, WTA filed reply comments to the FCC’s FNRPM on broadband labeling requirements. WTA reasserted its belief that the FCC should monitor and assess the impact of the just implemented broadband labeling requirements before considering or adopting additional … Continue reading “WTA Submits Reply Comments on Broadband Labels”
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