The FCC 8th Floor hoped to release a notice of inquiry on univers...
The FCC 8th Floor hoped to release a notice of inquiry on universal service high-cost support for non-rural carriers by late Tuesday, an FCC official told us, but it hadn’t done so at our deadline. Tuesday afternoon, the item…
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was still waiting for votes, the official said. The notice includes a laundry list of questions asking how the FCC should respond to a 2005 remand by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (CD April 7 p9). In order to avoid a court-imposed deadline, the FCC agreed with state and carrier petitioners to a timeline whereby the agency would issue the NOI by Wednesday, a further notice by Dec. 15, and a final order by April 16, 2010.