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SHLB: FCC Should Grant Sonic Telecom's UNEs Petition

The Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition urged that the FCC grant Sonic Telecom's petition for reconsideration of portions of the FCC's 2020 order on unbundled network elements (UNEs) rules (see 2210170079). Competitive ISPs "should be able to access…

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existing dark fiber transport on an unbundled basis so that they can control the services they offer consumers" and bid on E-rate services, SHLB said in a filing posted Thursday in docket 19-308. The group said the FCC should "act with haste" to reinstate the provision for such access that was "dramatically curtailed" in the 2020 order.