Adak Eagle and Windy City Cellular met with...
Adak Eagle and Windy City Cellular met with FCC officials to emphasize the struggles of their service territory and why a waiver of certain FCC USF rules is justified. Adak CEO Larry Mayes expressed “how frustrating it was to deal…
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with the commission on our waiver and the waiver process,” with costs exceeding half a million dollars, said an ex parte filing posted online Wednesday (http://bit.ly/16uu0FT). It described the geographical struggles associated with Adak Island and the operations of the company to provide service, from barge deliveries to the cost of flights to the island. The two company representatives described small rural companies like themselves as the “backbone” of the country and in need of USF support. All the cuts required to deal with the waiver process and meet deadlines have created potential safety risks, the filing said. The Wireline Bureau is seeking comment on Adak’s waiver petition, it said Wednesday in a public notice (http://bit.ly/11MV9nz). Comments are due Aug. 19.