Former Long Distance Reseller Admonished, Fined $100K for Form 499-A and Section 214 Violations
The FCC Enforcement Bureau has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability and Admonishment against former long distance reseller World Discount Telecommunications, Inc. (WDT) for...
A-CAM Elections Exceed 10-Year Budget by $1.6B; Suggested Solutions Sought by November 14
The election of Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) support by 216 rate-of-return companies in 43 states has amounted to a budget shortfall of...
A-CAM Corrections Affect 32 Carriers
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced technical corrections to the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) that affect 32 specific A-CAM eligible...
FCC Order Addresses ICC Recovery Waiver Issues
The FCC has released an Order addressing intercarrier compensation (ICC) recovery rule waiver issues that were the subject of several petitions. Though the Order...
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...
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...
Protecting the Privacy of Broadband Customers and Deceptive Marketing on Tentative October FCC Open...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its October 27, 2016 open meeting. It contains the following items:
Protecting...
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...
Bureau Clarifies Blocking Unwanted Robocalls
The FCC's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (Bureau) has released a public notice clarifying that if a subscriber to a telephone number requests call...
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...
