HCL Support to Increase for Average Schedule Companies

NECA’s proposed 2022 High-Cost Loop formula for small, average schedule companies will significantly increase settlements for 72 qualifying study areas. In 2021, 71 study areas received $3.875 million in HCL…

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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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Average Schedules – Good News and Bad

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…

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Average Schedule Settlements Reduced, Again

While the deceases are not major, NECA’s proposed 2017 Interim Modification of Average Schedules and 2018 Further Modification of Average Schedules represent a further reduction in settlements for some of…

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Average Schedule Filing: Good News and Bad News

NECA recently filed its annual average schedule modifications which, if approved by the FCC, will be effective for the 12 months beginning July 1, 2018. The good news is that…

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A Busy Time

All five FCC Commissioners recently testified before the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, covering a variety of broad issues concerning “Oversight of the FCC.” On November 1, the Subcommittee…

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Budget Mechanism Strikes Again

NECA has just filed its proposed 2018 Modification of the Average Schedule Universal Service High Cost Loop Support Formula, which increases interstate USF settlements for some of the nation’s smallest…

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