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Wireline Bureau Designates 8 ETCs for CAF Support

The FCC Wireline Bureau designated eight eligible telecom carriers for Connect America Fund Phase II support. In Thursday’s order in dockets 09-197 and 10-90, the bureau also designated Lifeline ETC status to three of the carriers that additionally sought support…

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for areas adjacent to CAF-eligible census blocks. The new ETCs are BARC Connects, Central Virginia Services, Empower Broadband and PGEC Enterprises in Virginia; Gibson Connect, HolstonConnect and Meriwether Lewis Connect in Tennessee; and NTUA Wireless in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.