WTA Applauds Senate Passage of S. 96, the Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act    

WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 4, 2017) – WTA – Advocates for Rural Broadband applauds Senate passage of S. 96, the Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2017 yesterday. The legislation would require all intermediate providers of voice communications services to … Continue reading “WTA Applauds Senate Passage of S. 96, the Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act    ”

WTA Praises Local Voice Rate Floor Freeze by FCC and Supports Elimination of Rate Floor Requirement

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 18, 2017) – WTA – Advocates for Rural Broadband supports the Order approved today by the Federal Communications Commission that freezes the local voice rate floor that rural telecommunications providers must charge their customers in order to … Continue reading “WTA Praises Local Voice Rate Floor Freeze by FCC and Supports Elimination of Rate Floor Requirement”

WTA Applauds Nomination of David Redl to Lead National Telecommunications and Information Administration

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 17, 2017) – WTA – Advocates for Rural Broadband applauds the nomination of David Redl to serve as Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

“WTA has worked

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WTA Welcomes Legislation Introduced by Representative Huffman to Incentivize Communications Permitting on Federal Lands

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 16, 2017) – WTA – Advocates for Rural Broadband welcomes Representative Jared Huffman’s (D-CA) Public Lands Telecommunications Act, which was introduced today. The bill would allow federal agencies that manage federal lands to retain rental fees associated

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WTA Welcomes Legislation Introduced by Senator Orrin Hatch to Address Federal Permitting Delays

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 13, 2017) – WTA – Advocates for Rural Broadband welcomes Senator Orrin Hatch’s (R-UT) Highway Rights-of-Way Permitting Efficiency Act of 2017, which was introduced last Friday afternoon. The bill would grant a categorical exclusion from federal environmental … Continue reading “WTA Welcomes Legislation Introduced by Senator Orrin Hatch to Address Federal Permitting Delays”

WTA Supports President’s Re-Nomination of Ajit Pai to Chair FCC

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 8, 2017) – WTA – Advocates for Rural Broadband supports President Donald Trump’s decision to re-nominate Ajit Pai to another term and to continue to serve as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

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WTA Supports FCC Small ISP Exemption of Open Internet Order Enhanced Transparency Provisions

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”