Contact: Lauren Gaydos, 703-351-2015
Arlington, Va., (May 19, 2022)—NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association issued the following statement from Chief Executive Officer Shirley Bloomfield on the FCC’s vote on potential modifications to the commission’s essential high cost support programs:
“NTCA deeply appreciates the FCC's ongoing commitment to universal service, which itself is a program that requires ongoing commitment by providers to serving rural communities. We are grateful for today’s vote, and we are eager to move now to the next stage of the debate over how best to both realize and sustain universal service in rural America.”
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