Yesterday, WTA and NTCA filed comments under the Paperwork Reduction Act urging the FCC refrain from including certifications regarding the E-rate reasonably comparable benchmark and bid requirement for the July 1, 2016 Form 481 filing. Because the new E-rate benchmarks … Continue reading “Rural Associations Request FCC to Exclude Certain Form 481 Certifications for 2016”
Today, the Rural Associations filed a Petition for Reconsideration and/or Clarification requesting that the Federal Communications Commission reconsider its requirement adopted in the Second E-rate Modernization Order that Universal Service Fund support recipients bid to provide fixed broadband access service … Continue reading “Rural Associations file Petition for Reconsideration on E-rate Bidding Requirement for USF Support Recipients”
This week, WTA met with wireline advisors to Commissioners Pai, Rosenworcel, and O’Rielly as well as the Wireline Competition Bureau’s E-rate team to discuss WTA’s support Petitions for Reconsideration seeking a modified definition of “rural” and “urban” that … Continue reading “WTA Meets with the FCC to Discuss the E-rate Definitions of Rural and Urban”
Today, WTA filed comments in support of petitions filed by NTCA and Utah Rural Telecom Association, West Virginia Department of Education, State E-rate Coordinators Alliance, and Utah Education Network seeking reconsideration of the FCC’s revision of the definition of “rural” … Continue reading “WTA Files Comments in Support of Several Petitions for Reconsideration of the FCC’s E-rate Modernization Order”
This past week, representatives from WTA met with staff for FCC Commissioners Rosenworcel, Pai and O’Rielly to discuss the rural associations’ data-only broadband plan, Capital Budget Mechanism and e-rate reform. The notices of ex parte can be found below.
Meeting … Continue reading “WTA Discusses Data-Only Broadband with FCC”
Yesterday, WTA filed reply comments to the FCC’s E-rate Modernization Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The reply comments urge the Commission to resist encouraging consortium bidding in an arbitrary or over-generalized manner that “may lead to unintended consequences such as … Continue reading “WTA Files Reply Comments to FCC’s E-rate Modernization FNPRM”
On July 2, representatives from WTA and the Washington Independent Telecommunications Association spoke with Nick Degani, Wireline Adviser to FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai. A copy of the ex parte notice can be found here.… Continue reading “WTA and WITA speak with Commissioner Pai’s Office on E-rate”
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