On April 27, representative from WTA and NTCA met with legal advisors to FCC Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Mike O’Rielly. They discussed a list of issues identified in prior meetings that can and should be addressed to ensure that high-cost … Continue reading “WTA and NTCA Meet with Offices of Commissioners O’Rielly and Clyburn”
On March 29, representatives from WTA and one of its member companies met with staff from the offices of Commissioners Clyburn and O’Rielly. In both meetings, WTA discussed:
On March 23, representatives from WTA met with Jay Schwarz, Wireline Advisor to Chairman Pai. They discussed working with the Commission to ensure that certain CPNI rules eliminated in the 2016 Privacy Order are not resurrected should Congress succeed … Continue reading “WTA Meets with Chairman Pai’s Staff to Discuss Privacy Order, the Local Voice Rate Floor, and Disincentives to Invest in Rural Areas”
On March 2, representatives from WTA’s staff met with Jay Schwarz, Wireline Advisor to Chairman Ajit Pai. WTA advocated for full funding of the ACAM and RoR USF paths as well as a elimination or suspension of the telephone … Continue reading “WTA Meets With Chairman Pai’s Office to Discuss USF, Lifeline, Rate-floor”
Today, WTA and NTCA filed a joint petition for reconsideration and/or clarification of certain aspects of the reforms adopted in the FCC’s Report and Order expanding the Lifeline program to include support for broadband service. The Rural Associations seek reconsideration … Continue reading “Rural Associations Seek Reconsideration of Certain Changes to the Lifeline Program”
Today, NECA, WTA, NTCA and ERTA filed an Application for Review of the Wireline Competition Bureau’s Order dismissing the associations’ prior Petition for Reconsideration of Bureau’s methods of establishing a local service rate floor. The associations argue that review of … Continue reading “Rural Associations File Application for Review”
Today, NECA, WTA, NTCA and ERTA filed a Petition for Reconsideration at the FCC of the methodology used to determine the local service rate floor for rural voice service.… Continue reading “Rural Associations File Petition for Recon on Rate Floor Methodology”
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