LTD Seeks Recon of RDOF ETC Waiver Denial
LTD Broadband petitioned the FCC Wireline Bureau Monday for reconsideration of its October order denying the company additional time to obtain eligible telecom carrier designation in Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota to participate in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase…
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I auction (see 2110200054). The bureau "was incorrect to impute to LTD complete responsibility" for its former attorney's "entirely unexpected gross misconduct," the petition said in docket 19-126. The bureau "cannot play 'pick and choose' in how stringently the ETC designation deadline is applied, deciding 'winners' and 'losers' based potentially on factors other than the specific facts in the record before it," LTD said.