Comments on Proposed E-Rate Eligible Services List Due June 22
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) is seeking comment on a proposed eligible services list (ESL) for the E-Rate program that will be used...
Legislation Would Provide Broadband Utility Allowance, Address Homework Gap
Representative Bill Foster (D-IL) has introduced the “Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2015” in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressman Foster’s...
Court to Decide Whether Title II Broadband Regulation Is Delayed
After the FCC denied various petitions for stay (or delay) of the Open Internet (or net neutrality) Order and particularly its Title II broadband...
Pole Attachment Comment Dates Set
The FCC's public notice seeking to refresh the record for its pending review of the cost allocator used to calculate pole attachment rates for...
No Delay for Net Neutrality, Says FCC
The FCC’s Wireline Competition and Wireless Telecommunications bureaus (Bureaus) have denied three requests for a stay (i.e., delay) of the FCC’s Open Internet (or net neutrality)...
FCC Revisits Pole Rates
The FCC has solicited additional comments as it seeks to refresh the record on issues raised in a Petition for Reconsideration filed by the National...
New A-CAM Map Revises Central Office Locations in 98 Service Areas
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released a revised Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) service area map. The revised map contains new...
FCC Offers Price Cap Carriers $1.675 Billion in CAF Phase II Funding
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has officially offered model-based Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II support to price cap carriers in exchange for...
Wireline Competition Bureau Approves NECA Average Schedule Formula Revisions
In December, the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA) proposed a number of revisions to the formulas that will be used to determine average schedule...
Comcast Abandons Merger
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts announced on CNBC that the nation's largest cable operator has abandoned its attempted $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner, the...
