Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 10-90
On Friday, February 5, 2016, Michael Romano, on behalf of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, together with Jonathan Banks and Lynn Follansbee of USTelecom, met with Stephanie Weiner; legal advisor to Chairman Tom Wheeler; Rebekah Goodheart, legal advisor to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn; Amy Bender, legal advisor for Commissioner Michael O’Rielly; and Carol Mattey, Deputy Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau. The conversations addressed potential buildout obligations that would apply to use of future projected universal service fund support.