On May 28, WTA staff and member company representatives met with staff for Acting Chair Rosenworcel to discuss the continued impacts of the Budget Control Mechanism on RLECs receiving CAF-BLS support through the High Cost Program. The company representatives explained … Continue reading “WTA Discusses Budget Control Mechanism with FCC”
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WTA’s primary focus is, and will always be, to ensure the health and safety of its members, staff, speakers and guests at our annual educational forums. WTA will closely monitor the guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) … Continue reading “COVID In-Person Meeting Information”
WTA Discusses Budget Control Mechanism with FCC
/in Filing /by Jason PoundsOn May 28, WTA staff and member company representatives met with staff for Acting Chair Rosenworcel to discuss the continued impacts of the Budget Control Mechanism on RLECs receiving CAF-BLS support through the High Cost Program. The company representatives explained … Continue reading “WTA Discusses Budget Control Mechanism with FCC”
WTA Highlights NLAD Problems to FCC; Supports Waivers for Small Providers
/in Filing /by Jason PoundsOn May 27, WTA sent a letter to the FCC highlighting technical problems many of its member companies have been encountering “in enrolling eligible households in the National Lifeline Accountability Database (NLAD)” for the purposes of the new Emergency Broadband … Continue reading “WTA Highlights NLAD Problems to FCC; Supports Waivers for Small Providers”
WTA Responds to LDT Broadband on Challenges of Serving Rural Areas
/in Filing /by Jason PoundsToday, WTA filed a letter with the FCC contesting LTD Broadband’s claim that “rural areas do not present the same challenges of deploying fiber [as many urban fiber deployments] because of the lack of in-ground infrastructure such as gas lines, … Continue reading “WTA Responds to LDT Broadband on Challenges of Serving Rural Areas”
WTA Recommends Increasing Speeds for USDA ReConnect Program
/in Filing /by Jason PoundsToday, WTA filed comments with USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) in response to its Final Rule asking for public input on certain aspects of it’s ReConnect grant and loan program. WTA recommended that RUS increase the minimum speed standard to … Continue reading “WTA Recommends Increasing Speeds for USDA ReConnect Program”
WTA Expresses Serious Concerns to FCC about RDOF Auction
/in Filing /by Jason PoundsIn an April 20 letter sent to the FCC, WTA wrote that its members “are very skeptical of the ability of several RDOF auction ‘winners’ to fulfill their promises to construct and operate new stand-alone Gigabit-speed fiber optic broadband networks … Continue reading “WTA Expresses Serious Concerns to FCC about RDOF Auction”
WTA Comments on Proposed Emergency Connectivity Fund
/in Filing /by Jason PoundsOn April 5, WTA submitted comments to the FCC in response to its Public Notice seeking to implement the Emergency Connectivity Fund established by Congress in the American Rescue Plan. The ECF would provide assistance to schools and libraries to … Continue reading “WTA Comments on Proposed Emergency Connectivity Fund”
COVID In-Person Meeting Information
/in Announcements, Events /by Jason PoundsWTA’s primary focus is, and will always be, to ensure the health and safety of its members, staff, speakers and guests at our annual educational forums. WTA will closely monitor the guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) … Continue reading “COVID In-Person Meeting Information”