May 19 2013
This picture of the long line of travelers looking to rebook their flight out of Reagan National Airport here in Washington DC looks more calm than it feels today. The season of disrupting travel plans has begun as I work my way to Atlanta, Georgia for NTCA’s HR and OSHA conference today. You know that travel …
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May 18 2013
I just finished watching the running of the Preakness. I’m not really a horse racing fan. I have yet to really figure out how the odds are set and the only hat I own is a nice wool ski cap – for skiing (obviously) and for walking Cassie on those cold winter nights. But I …
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May 16 2013
Today, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau took some positive steps toward addressing a number of issues that NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association has raised about the Universal Service Fund (USF) reporting requirements, as well as the continuing need for the commission to actually create a targeted support mechanism for broadband support for rural areas and consumers served by …
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May 13 2013
Sixty-three members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a missive today to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting that it conduct a report to monitor and measure the effects of modifications adopted as part of the FCC’s order intended to modernize the high-cost component of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and advance the availability …
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