NTCA to FCC: Do Not Extend Price Cap Carrier Proposal to RLECs

NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association in a recent discussion and follow-up letter with the FCC, responded to a proposal made by USTelecom – The Broadband Association on behalf of…

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NECA Files Modification of Average Schedule High Cost Loop Formula

NECA’s annual filing of its USF HCL Formula, if approved by the FCC, will provide increased settlements to 73 of 74 affected average schedule study areas. While 1 study area…

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NTCA, RWA Continue to Promote the Advancement of Rural Broadband

In a videoconference and follow up letter, the Rural Wireless Association (RWA) and NTCA – the Rural Broadband Association, urged the FCC to “establish a 5G Fund for Rural America…

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Controversy Erupts over Broadband Deployment Data Collection

The continuing rift between Democrat and Republican commissioners at the FCC reared its head again during the Commission’s proceeding to launch its 2021 Broadband Deployment Report. The FCC’s Notice of…

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CARES to Fund Rural Broadband?

A bipartisan coalition of thirty U.S. Representatives, headed by Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), has written a letter to ranking House and Senate leaders, asking that CARES Act…

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