GVNW – What’s Around The Corner
By Jeff Smith / GVNW CEO
The next chapter for inter-carrier compensation reform.
The March 23, 2018 FCC Report and Order, Third Order on Reconsideration and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking [FCC 18-29] revealed important steps for federal universal service funding and established a comment round on May 25 and replies on June 25. With that timing set,...
read moreFederal Universal Service Funding for ACAM and Legacy Carriers – Update
"Take the Money and Run" is only a song In our last WATC edition, we acknowledged that the FCC is poised to invest an additional $540,000,000 over the next decade in federal universal service funding for both ACAM and legacy carriers; and noted that the administration...
read moreWho is ready for the next big challenge?
What's Around The Corner (WATC) returns from a holiday break with many issues facing the rural broadband industry in 2018. The FCC is poised to invest an additional $540,000,000 over the next decade in federal universal service funding for both ACAM and legacy...
read moreAddendum to FCC Draft Order to Restore Internet Freedom (RIF)
Responding to several requests for five pages on the three major areas of transparency, paid prioritization, and interconnection, Mr. Cohen was feeling spunky with half a page of white space left on page 5. He thus added ten more important topical areas, so we have a...
read moreFCC Draft Order on Restoring Internet Freedom (RIF)
After the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its draft Order on Restoring Internet Freedom (RIF) on November 22, 2017, there are now two things related to this topic that are a virtual certainty. The first is that the Commission will approve this draft...
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Current or Pending Telecom Industry Issues
G-Point 19-02: ACAM II Offers and Revised Legacy CAF-BLS Deployment Obligations
On May 2, 2019, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) released a revised version of the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) v2.5.1 and announced the offers of model-based A-CAM II support to rate-of-return carriers that are still receiving legacy support...
read moreG-Point 19-01: FCC Suspends Most of Operations Due to Potential Lapse in Funding
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) on January 3, 2019, announced that at noon it was suspending most of its operations due to a potential lapse of funding caused by the partial federal government shutdown. The Public Notice can be viewed using the...
read moreG-Point 18-11: FCC to Adopt USF Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rule-making at December 12th Open Meeting
Summary of Draft Order and Further Notice Pursuant to its new practice, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released adraft of the Report and Order (R&O) and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that it will consider and undoubtedly adopt at...
read moreG-Point 18-10: FCC Allows Rate-Of-Return Carriers To Elect To Transition Their Business Data Services Out Of Rate-Of-Return Regulation
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) recently adopted new rules allowing rate-of-return carriers that receive fixed universal service support to choose to migrate their Business Data Service (“BDS”) offerings on a voluntarily basis to a reduced...
read moreIndustry Resources / Links
For your convenience, we have links to the home pages for each state, regional and national association, as well as each state public utility. You can also click HERE for the FCC home page. Please open a toggle below to access the links.
Regional & National Associations
Competitive Carriers Association (CCA)
Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance (ITTA)
National Telephone Cooperative Association (NTCA)
National Exchange Carriers Association (NECA)
National Rural Economic Developers Association (NREDA)
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
National Rural Telecommunications Coop
National Tribal Telecommunications Association (NTTA)
Rural Telecom Group
Rural Wireless Association
US Telecom Broadband Association
WTA Advocates For Rural Broadband
State Telecom Associations
Alaska Telephone Association
Arizona-New Mexico Telecommunications Association
Arkansas Telecommunications Association
California Communications Association
Carolina-Virginia Telecom Association
Colorado Telecommunications Association
Florida Public Telecommunications Association
Georgia Telephone Association
Idaho Telecom Alliance
Illinois Telecommunications Association
Indiana Telecommunications Association
Iowa Telecommunications Association
Kentucky Telephone Association
Louisiana Telephone Association
Michigan Telecommunications Association
Minnesota Telecom Alliance
Missouri Telecommunications Industry Association
Montana Independent Telecom Systems (MITS)
Montana Telecommunications Association
National Tribal Telecommunications Association (NTTA)
Nebraska Telecommunications Association
Nevada Telecommunications Association
New York State Telecommunications Association
North Dakota Association of Telephone Cooperatives
North Dakota Telephone Association
Ohio Telecommunications Industry
Oklahoma Telephone Association
Oregon Telecommunications Association
Pennsylvania Telephone Association
Rural Iowa Independent Telephone Association
South Carolina Telecommunications Association
Texas Statewide Telephone Cooperative
Texas Telephone Association
Utah Rural Telecom Association
Washington Independent Telecom Association
Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association
Wyoming Telecommunications Association
State Public Utilities
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
D.C.
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Kansas
Judi Ushio
Division Manager
jushio@gvnw.com
2270 La Montana Way
Suite 100
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
719.594.5800
2930 Montvale Drive
Suite B
Springfield, IL 62704
217.698.2700
Stephen Gatto
Division Manager
sgatto@gvnw.com
1001 Water Street
Suite A-100
Kerrville, TX 78028
830.896.5200
Jim Rennard
Division Manager
jrennard@gvnw.com
8050 SW Warm Springs Street
Suite 200
Tualatin, OR 97062
503.612.4400
