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Pai & O’Rielly’s Prediction Comes True: FCC Commissioner Tells USAC To Provide Information On Use Of E-Rate Funds To Overbuild Existing Fiber Networks

Pai & O’Rielly’s Prediction Comes True: FCC Commissioner Tells USAC To Provide Information On Use Of E-Rate Funds To Overbuild Existing Fiber Networks

Tony Veach
Broadband, Broadband Deployment, Fiber, USF, E-Rate

FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly has asked the Universal Service Administrative Company to provide information on the use of E-Rate funding to overbuild existing USF-supported fiber networks. Commissioner O’Rielly has asked USAC to respond to his request no later than April 1, 2019.

FCC Releases Revised Support Offers For Existing A-CAM Carriers, Sets March 27 Deadline To Accept

FCC Releases Revised Support Offers For Existing A-CAM Carriers, Sets March 27 Deadline To Accept

Tony Veach
A-CAM, Broadband, Broadband Deployment, Fiber, Rate-of-Return, Universal Service, USF

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced  revised offers of Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) support and associated revised deployment obligations for the 262 carriers that have already been authorized to receive A-CAM. These carriers have until March 27, 2019, to notify the FCC whether they accept the revised amount of model-based support.

FCC Says Digital Divide Has Narrowed Substantially – DRAFT 2019 FCC Broadband Deployment Report Concludes Broadband Is Being Deployed At A Reasonable And Timely Rate

FCC Says Digital Divide Has Narrowed Substantially – DRAFT 2019 FCC Broadband Deployment Report Concludes Broadband Is Being Deployed At A Reasonable And Timely Rate

Tony Veach
Broadband, Section 706, Broadband Deployment, Fiber

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has circulated a draft of the 2019 Broadband Progress Report to his fellow commissioners. It is the second such report under the Pai administration, and for the second consecutive year, the report concludes that advanced telecommunications capability (broadband service) is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. The FCC is expected to vote on the report in the coming weeks.