Today, NECA, WTA, NTCA, ERTA and 11 state telecom associations filed reply comments in response to the FCC’s April Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on USF reform. The reply comments show that a review of the comments filed in the … Continue reading “Rural Associations File Reply Comments to FCC’s April FNPRM”
Today, NECA, WTA, NTCA and ERTA filed comments with the FCC in response to a Public Notice seeking comments on a specific methodology for calculating a reasonable comparability benchmark for fixed broadband services.… Continue reading “Rural Associations File Comments on Broadband Benchmark Methodoloy”
On August 14th, NECA, WTA, NTCA, ERTA, ITTA, Frontier and Windstream filed reply comments in response to comments filed on their emergency petition for waiver to “pause, effective June 30, 2014, any reductions in intercarrier compensation rates for originating intrastate … Continue reading “Rural Associations, Frontier, Windstream File Reply Comments on Their Petition to Pause ICC Reductions”
Today, NECA, WTA, NTCA, ERTA and 12 state telecom associations filed comments in response to the FCC’s FNPRM on further USF reform that was approved in April.… Continue reading “Rural Associations File Comments in Response to CAF FNPRM”
Today, NECA, WTA, NTCA and ERTA filed a Petition for Clarification and/or Reconsideration of the FCC’s recently approved rule to eliminate USF support in areas where a competitor serves 100 percent of the residents and businesses within an RLEC’s service … Continue reading “Rural Associations File Petition For Clarification and/or Reconsideration on Unsubsidized Competitors”
This week, representatives from WTA and its member companies met with staff from all five FCC Commission offices as well as staff from the Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss issues stemming from the April USF Omnibus Order and FNPRM including … Continue reading “WTA Meets With FCC to Discuss Omnibus USF Order and FNPRM”
On July 8, representatives from NECA, WTA, NTCA and USTelecom, along with representatives from several telcos and their consultants met with staff from the Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss “adoption as soon as possible of a thoughtful and carefully constructed … Continue reading “Rural Associations Meet With FCC Staff on April FNPRM”
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