Court Upholds FCC’s Internet Order . . . Or At Least Most of It

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,…

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Budget Cap on USF Fails THE Basic Test

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…

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FCC Creates New Fraud Division

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…

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Irregulators: Frozen Separations Factors Cause Malformed Rates

An informal group of former FCC officials, State Attorney General’s Office experts and lawyers, and telecommunications consultants, have taken the FCC to task over its recent Order that extends the…

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Pai: Equal Opportunity Depends on Digital Access

At a recent Latin American Telecommunications Conference, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai declared that the American Dream of “equality of opportunity…depends on access to digital communications.” He then outlined what his…

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Hard USF Caps and USF Principles . . . Oil and Water

The FCC’s recent proposal to impose a total cap on all USF programs is completely incompatible with its long-standing Universal Service principles. The nationwide Communications Act of 1934 stated that…

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FCC Corrects A-CAM II Offers, Extends Deadline for Acceptance

The FCC recently announced that it had made errors in 37 of its A-CAM II offers to RLECs still receiving legacy support. Its June 5th Public Notice makes corrected offers…

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