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USTelecom Urges FCC to Deny Sandwich Isles Petition for Reconsideration

USTelecom opposed Sandwich Isles Communications' petition for the FCC to reconsider and to set aside a Dec. 5 order imposing $27 million in repayment duties on the company for violations of the USF high-cost program in Hawaii (see 1701050068 and…

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1612060032). Sandwich Isles Communications (SIC) "has filed the Petition solely in an effort to avoid the penalties associated with the related Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture and Order that resulted from the findings in this Order and was released on the same day. Unfortunately for SIC, there are no new facts or arguments presented in their Petition that refutes the facts already presented," said USTelecom comments Thursday in docket 10-90.