Comment on Proposed 911 Oversight Rules Due March 9
In November 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Policy Statement and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) concerning governance and oversight of the...
New FCC Form 466 Deadlines for Rural Health Care Program Applicants
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has issued an Order clarifying the treatment of supporting documentation to applications for support under the universal service Rural...
FCC Issues Administrative Subpoenas Ordering All “Providers” to Comply with Special Access Data Collection
The Wireline Competition Bureau has released a Public Notice issuing an administrative subpoena ordering all Providers of special access services to submit to the FCC the...
Congress Rehashes Net Neutrality Bills in Anticipation of FCC Vote
In light of the FCC’s anticipated vote on new open Internet (or net neutrality) rules, members of Congress have started to introduce bills that...
Windstream Says ILECs Must Continue To Offer DS1/DS3 Capacity Upon Change to Fiber or...
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau is seeking comment on a petition for declaratory ruling filed by Windstream Corporation (Windstream). In its petition, Windstream requests...
Comments on Emerging Wireline Networks and Services NPRM Due February 5
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has established deadlines for comments in response to its November 2014 release of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)...
Oppositions to USTelecom Petition for Reconsideration of Section 214 Declaratory Ruling Due January 23
On December 23, 2014, the United States Telecom Association (USTelecom) filed a petition for reconsideration of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) November 2014 Declaratory...
FCC To Review Internet Delivered Video Programming Services
The FCC has commenced a rulemaking to determine the proper regulatory treatment of video programming delivered over the public Internet, as well as programming...
FCC Updates Price Cap Cost Model, Releases First Rate-of-Return Cost Model
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released version 4.2 of the Connect America Cost Model (CAM v4.2). It incorporates the FCC’s decision in...
Wireline Competition Bureau Dismisses Two Rate Floor Recon Petitions
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has dismissed two petitions that sought reconsideration of various aspects of the FCC’s rate floor rule. The first...
