Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 10-90
On Tuesday, May 2, 2017, Mike Romano, Senior Vice President-Industry Affairs & Business Development, on behalf of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association (“NTCA”), and Derrick Owens and Gerry Duffy on behalf of WTA-Advocates for Rural Broadband (the “Rural Associations”), met with Jay Schwarz, wireline advisor to Chairman Ajit Pai, to discuss matters in the above-referenced proceeding. Specifically, the Rural Associations discussed a series of “punch list” items as identified in prior meetings and again in the current meeting that can and should be addressed to ensure that high-cost universal service fund (“USF”) reforms previously adopted will function as intended and comport with the statutory mandates governing universal service.
05.02.17 NTCA and WTA meet with J. Schwarz, wireline advisor to Chairman Pai, WC 10-90