Six telecom groups asked for three extra weeks to file reply comm...
Six telecom groups asked for three extra weeks to file reply comments on FCC universal-service proceedings. The groups want the reply deadline moved to June 9 from May 19, according to a petition filed by USTelecom, the National Exchange…
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Carrier Association, the Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance, the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association, the Western Telecommunications Alliance, and the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies. The time is needed “to develop well-considered and thorough responses to the substantial record amassed in this proceeding,” they said. More than 90 parties commented last month, filing more than 1,000 pages to sift through, they said. In March, the FCC extended by two weeks the deadlines for USF comments and replies (CD March 26 p9).