According to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Regulatory & State External Affairs, “It’s time for us to fundamentally rethink how we fund USF programs – programs that have…
The FCC released an Order December 2018 to address unwanted Robocalls. The Order established the Reassigned Numbers Database (RND). The RND Database will contain an inventory of the most recent…
In a recent Third Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the FCC has taken another step to stem the tide of annoying, illegal…
Recently, the Federal Communications Commission enacted its November 2019 ban on universal service support being used to purchase equipment or services from any company posing a national security threat. Two…
The FCC’s NPRM on Eliminating Ex Ante Pricing Regulation of Telephone Access Charges has drawn criticism from several organizations representing RLECs. The Concerned Rural LECs, for instance, stated that they,…
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, in a late June letter, informed a group of 38 U.S. Senators that their request for a 180-day extension of the 2.5GHz Rural Tribal Priority Window…
A recent survey and resultant study conducted by the Rural Wireless Association presents a very positive picture of how small RLECs have used legacy USF support to improve and expand…
