The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) recently announced its Community Connect Grant Program application process for 2017. The grants are to be used to provide broadband services in unserved, lower income,…
This is a reminder that the filing of CPNI certification is no longer required by the Federal Communications Commission for 2017. A December, 2016 FCC public notice confirmed this change.…
As you know, the Wireline Competition Bureau has provided revised offers of model-based support to 191 companies, representing 228 study areas, reflecting reductions to original A-CAM offers. The reductions in…
NECA recently filed its annual revisions to the interstate average schedule formulas, to be effective July 1, 2017. The changes, when approved by the FCC, will result in an overall…
On December 20, the Commission released an order resolving A-CAM funding and related questions, including final model offers. The order includes: An additional $50 million per year to help offset…
Yesterday, Tom Wheeler resigned as Chairman of the FCC, effective January 20, 2017. Two of his staunchest critics, Republican Commissioners Ajit Pai and Michael O’Rielly, praised their outgoing boss in…
A December 1st Wireline Competition Bureau Public Notice provided further clarification to rate-of-return ILECs concerning tariff filings for Consumer Broadband-only Loop (CBOL) service. By previous orders, all such carriers choosing…
