The Tenth Circuit has issued an order affirming the FCC’s decision to collect USF overpayments made to Blanca Telephone Company through administrative offsets.
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NECA Revises Tariff No. 5 To Allow Rural Broadband Providers To Offer Discounted Service To Low-Income Subscriber Households With K-12 School Children
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has approved several tariff revisions made by the National Exchange Carrier Association to help low-income students access higher broadband speeds or acquire broadband service if they do not have it
FCC Approves New Average Schedule HCLS Formula For Second Half Of 2016
The FCC has approved the National Exchange Carrier Association’s modifications to the formula that will be used to calculate universal service high-cost loop support for average schedule rate-of-return carriers. The new HCLS average schedule formula – in effect from July 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016 – produces a 3.4 percent decrease in HCLS for average schedule study areas which is due to the decrease from 11.25 percent to 11 percent in the prescribed interstate rate of return.