On May 7, representatives from WTA and WTA member companies met with FCC Commissioners Carr and O’Rielly, their staff, and staff from the offices of Chairman Pai and Commissioner Starks to discuss broadband network performance testing. The WTA representatives discussed … Continue reading “WTA Meets with Commissioner Offices on Network Performance Testing”
On May 2, 2019, representatives from WTA met with staff from the Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss the particular proposals presented by WTA in its letter of April 17.… Continue reading “WTA Meets With Wireline Bureau on Network Performance Testing”
On April 17, WTA sent a letter to the FCC following up on previous conversations about broadband network testing. The letter contains specific proposals WTA recommends the FCC adopt to reduce regulatory burdens on small, rural broadband providers. The proposals … Continue reading “WTA Presents Proposals to FCC on Network Testing Fixes”
On April 2, representatives from WTA spoke with representatives from the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau about the FCC’s broadband network performance testing rules. WTA explained that the overall problem is that the testing requirements were designed primarily for large price … Continue reading “WTA Discusses Network Performance Testing with FCC”
On March 15, representatives from WTA, NTCA, ITTA and USTelecom met with staff from FCC Chairman Pai’s office to discuss the need to ensure the voice rate floor policy does not harm rural consumers in coming months. The ILEC representatives … Continue reading “ILEC Associations Meet with FCC Staff to Discuss Voice Rate Floor, Network Testing”
On March 5, Travis Litman, Chief of Staff and Senior Legal Advisor for FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, sat down with members of WTA’s Public Policy Committee who were in D.C. for a two-day meeting. They discussed the performance testing requirements … Continue reading “WTA Policy Committee Meets with Staff from Commissioner Rosenworcel’s Office”
On January 29th, representatives from WTA met with staff from the offices Chairman Pai and Commissioners Carr and O’Reilly to discuss the FCC’s network testing requirements and scheduled voice rate floor increases.
In regards to network testing, WTA emphasized its … Continue reading “WTA Discusses Network Testing and Rate Floor with FCC Staff”
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