Twelve small wireless carriers, led...
Twelve small wireless carriers, led by U.S. Cellular, urged the FCC to provide an additional 30 days for interested parties to file reply comments on the future of the Connect America Fund. If the FCC agrees, the new deadline would…
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be Oct. 8. The Competitive Carriers Association earlier sought more time for replies (http://bit.ly/1vmwmWZ). “Over 1,000 pages of comments were filed by telecommunications providers, ISPs, electric cooperatives, equipment manufacturers, trade associations, industry groups, public utility commissions, and other filers” in the initial comment round, the carriers said in a filing in docket 01-92, posted by the FCC Tuesday (http://bit.ly/1tVdgTZ). Extra time is needed “to ensure that the extensive arguments and factual showings in the initial comments can be comprehensively addressed,” they said.