NECA filed its 2020 Modification of Average Schedules on December 23rd, to be effective for one year beginning July 1st, 2020. The proposal, which in all probability will be approved…
The FCC has recently approved increases in USF loop cost support for small, average schedule companies, while making official its recent order giving small RLECs more time, coordination, and flexibility…
The FCC, in a recently released Order on Reconsideration (WC Docket No. 10-90), is proposing a number of changes to its previously published broadband testing requirements for carriers receiving high…
Not surprisingly, Republican and Democrat leaders of the FCC have radically different opinions regarding the current status of broadband deployment in America. Democrat Commissioners Starks and Rosenworcel, who favor a…
In an October 1st Opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld many of the key provisions of the Commission’s Restoring Internet Freedom Act. That is,…
As you probably know, the FCC’s recent NPRM proposed an $11.49 billion cap on the total Universal Service Fund. This amount represents the sum of the authorized budgets of the…
A newly established Fraud Division, operating within the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, will help protect USF programs from further fraudulent behavior. The Commission’s Order, released earlier this year and just recently…
