FCC Adopts Privacy Protection Rules for Broadband ISPs
The FCC has adopted rules that require broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to protect the privacy of their customers and ensure customers have meaningful...
Comparative Deployment Obligations of A-CAM and CAF-BLS Posted
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has posted information comparing deployment obligations of model-based support versus reformed legacy universal service mechanisms including Connect America...
U-NII-4 Device Testing Underway
As part of its ongoing evaluation of unlicensed national information infrastructure (U-NII) devices to share 5 GHz spectrum with Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC)...
Tariff Procedures Announced for 2017 Broadband-Only Loop Service; Filing Deadlines Fall around Holidays
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued an Order establishing procedures for the filing of access charge tariffs and Tariff Review Plans for...
FCC Updates Census Block Data Based on December 2015 Form 477, Gives ROR Carriers...
To assist rate-of-return (ROR) carriers with the decision to elect model-based support, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released updated census block data...
CenturyLink CAF Phase I Change Triggers 45-Day Notification Deadline of November 7
CenturyLink has informed the FCC that it intends to modify its Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase I Round 2 incremental broadband deployment plans. CenturyLink...
Bureau Commences 2017 Urban Rate Survey
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that it is initiating the urban rate survey to collect information to develop voice and broadband...
FCC Denies Waiver Requests of Eligibility Limitations and Deadlines of the Alternative Connect America...
The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has denied a request for waiver of the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) eligibility limitations for support, and...
Form 508 Forecasted Cost & Revenue Data for Broadband Loop Support Due by October...
The FCC is requiring all carriers to file forecasted cost and revenue data for the first half of 2017 (i.e., the period from January...
4Q 2016 USF Contribution Factor Dips to 17.4%
The FCC’s Office of Managing Director has announced that the proposed universal service fund (USF) contribution factor for fourth quarter (Q4) 2016 will be...
