Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet, GN Docket No. 14-28; Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45; Universal Service Contribution Methodology, WC Docket No. 06-122; Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, Tennessee, City of Wilson, North Carolina, Petitions, Pursuant to Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Seeking Preemption of State Laws Restricting the Deployment of Certain Broadband Networks, WC Docket Nos. 14-115 and 14-116; Technology Transitions, GN Docket No. 13-5
On Wednesday, February 18, 2015, Mike Romano, Senior Vice President-Policy, on behalf of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association (“NTCA”), met with Amy Bender, legal advisor to Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, to discuss certain issues of importance to smaller rural service providers in the above-referenced proceedings.
02.18.15 FCC Ex Parte-NTCA meeting with A. Bender re net neutrality and state preemption