USTA told Sen. Breaux (D-La.) and Senate Minority Whip Nickles (R...
USTA told Sen. Breaux (D-La.) and Senate Minority Whip Nickles (R-Okla.) that lawmakers’ regulatory parity bill (S- 2430) would benefit rural areas since it would preserve rural exemption from 1996 Telecom Act and would enable companies to file tariffs.…
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In letter May 13 signed by 64 small telcos, USTA said those provisions “respond to the unique circumstances of rural communities.” National Telecom Co-op Assn. (NTCA) also wrote to Breaux and Nickles but expressed opposite concerns (CD May 14 p6). NTCA said Breaux-Nickles would jeopardize rural exemption by leaving reclassification of broadband services in hands of FCC alone.