Sep 30

Sep 30 September 2018 News Update

Tony Veach

Jul 3

Jul 3 Sun Sets On Sandwich Isles’ Exclusive License After FCC Determines It Violates Section 253 Of The Communications Act

Tony Veach

Broadband, Section 253, FCC Preemption, FCC Enforcement Bureau, Rate-of-Return, Universal Service, USF, Wireline

The Federal Communications Commission has determined that an exclusive license to provide telecommunications services granted by the state of Hawaii to Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc. violates Section 253(a) of the Communications Act, and as a result, has preempted enforcement of the license.

May 31

May 31 Wealthy Americans Beware! FCC Commissioners Want Means-Testing For The USF High-Cost Fund

Tony Veach

Broadband, Broadband Deployment, Fiber, Universal Service, USF, Means-Testing

FCC Commissioners Michael O’Rielly and Mignon Clyburn have coauthored an article posted on the FCC’s official blog that asks whether means-testing could bring “efficiencies” to the universal service fund’s high-cost support mechanism.

Jun 17

Jun 17 FCC Approves New Average Schedule HCLS Formula For Second Half Of 2016

Tony Veach

Rate-of-Return, Wireline, USF, Universal Service, NECA, Average Schedule

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.

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