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
Congress Weighs In With the Government Accountability Office
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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May 07 2013
Contrary to Claims, RUS Is Key to Rural Broadband Deployment
With all of the issues facing cable providers, I must say that I am baffled by the time and energy that sector of the industry focuses on attacking the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) programs and denigrating all of the excellent work that RUS and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have done in getting broadband deployed to …
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May 02 2013
CoBank Board Travels to D.C.
The CoBank board of directors met in Washington, D.C., this week to take advantage of the access to policymakers during their scheduled meeting. I appreciated the opportunity to “hang” with the board and senior team tonight, after a pretty strenuous agenda for them that included a meeting with USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. There are a couple of …
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