GVNW News Feed – Telecom/Broadband Industry
Just So You Know
Lifeline-Supported Services Minimum Standards
On November 19, 2019, the FCC released an Order that waived the Lifeline-supported minimum standards for Mobile Broadband. According to existing FCC rules, the Mobile Broadband minimum standard was to increase from 2 GB/month to 8.75 GB/month effective December 1,...
FCC Requirement To Report Cost Consultant on FCC Form 481
On June 17, 2019, the FCC published a notice in the Federal Register which announced that OMB has approved a rule change to section 54.313(f)(4). The rule change requires rate-of-return ETCs receiving high-cost USF support to identify on their annual FCC Form 481...
FCC Delays Performance Measure Testing & Reporting
Some great news for a Thursday afternoon! The FCC released a Public Notice on May 30, 2019 announcing a delay in performance measure testing and reporting until 1st quarter 2020. As you recall, all carriers with deployment obligations were to begin performance...
FCC Eliminates Local Rate Floor – Follow Up
As mentioned in the April 15, 2019, GVNW Just So You Know publication, the FCC has eliminated the Local Rate Floor rule that has been in effect since 2011. The Order released on April 15, 2019, further explains that the FCC will continue to monitor residential local...
FCC Eliminates Local Rate Floor
On April 12, 2019, the FCC eliminated the Local Rate Floor rule that has been in effect since 2011. Had the FCC not eliminated the rule, many rural consumers would have seen their local phone bill increase from $18 to $26.98 on July 1, 2019. The FCC will release an...
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...
G-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...
G-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...
G-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...
Industry 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
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