Adak Eagle Enterprises and Windy City Cellular laid out for...
Adak Eagle Enterprises and Windy City Cellular laid out for FCC staff how they're cutting costs in their attempts to serve remote Adak Island, Alaska, following the FCC’s grant of a waiver to the companies temporarily giving them extra support…
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to serve the remote area (http://bit.ly/WlFw6a). The order was from the Wireless and Wireline bureaus as they evaluate the two carriers’ need for extra funding. “AEE and WCC have been struggling to maintain operations since their universal service funding was drastically (and immediately, without notice) reduced under the USF ... Transformation Order, including a staggering 84 percent flash-cut to WCC’s funding and the subsequent rapid phase-down of funding for AEE,” the carriers said (http://bit.ly/XLbKD0). “AEE and WCC appreciate the interim relief provided by the Bureaus as they are evaluating a long-term resolution of their waiver requests. AEE and WCC have been actively pursuing cost-cutting measures in order to minimize the amount of universal service support necessary for the companies to continue providing quality service to their customers in a safe manner.” Much of the data submitted was redacted from the public version posted by the FCC.