On December 18, Derrick Owens and Gerry Duffy, along with WTA President Mark Gailey and PPC Co-chair Bob DeBroux had three different meetings at the FCC. They met with newly sworn-in Commissioner Michael O’Rielly about the IP-transition, the QRA and … Continue reading “WTA Meets with Commissioner O’Rielly, Office of Native Affairs and Policy, and Diane Cornell”
On December 16, WTA, NTCA, NECA and USTelecom sent correspondence to the FCC providing additional details about the associations’ data-only broadband and Capital Budget Mechanism proposals in response to questions raised by Wireline Competition Bureau staff at a meeting in … Continue reading “WTA, Allies Provide Additional Details to FCC on Data-Only BBD Plan and CBM”
During today’s FCC oversight hearing in the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced that he will be instructing the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau to discontinue using the quantile regression analysis as a tool used in … Continue reading “WTA Welcomes Chairman Wheeler’s Reconsideration of Quantile Regression Analysis”
On November 23, representatives from WTA, NTCA, NECA, USTelecom, TDS, Totah Communications and FWA met with staff of the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss several issues related to USF reform. The association representatives discussed the data-only broadband proposal, additional … Continue reading “WTA, Allies Meet With Wireline Competition Bureau Staff”
Today, 26 Senators, lead by Senators John Tester (MT) and John Barrasso (WY), sent a letter to newly sworn in FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler noting that the FCC’s USF reforms, in particular the quantile regression analysis, have created uncertainty in … Continue reading “Congress Sends Two Letters to FCC on QRA”
Recently, two congressional letters were recently sent to the FCC expressing concerns about the quantile regression analysis. The first, led by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), was signed by 11 other members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The … Continue reading “Congress Pressures FCC on QRA”
On September 10, representatives from NECA, WTA, NTCA, TDS and Vantage Point Solutions met with FCC staff to discuss an alternative to the quantile regression analysis, allowing RLECs to receive support for standalone broadband and issues that require resolution before … Continue reading “Rural Associations Meet with FCC to Discuss QRA, CAF, Standalone BBD”
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