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News SectionCategories: All FCC Comments Letters News Articles OP-EDS Press Releases Gov. Jay Nixon was on hand in Farmington, Mo. on Monday to celebrate the opening of Big River Telephone's new broadband headquarters.
The company says their new facilities will allow them to provided high-speed internet access to nearly 45,000 homes and more than 7,500 businesses in a seven county area. The expansion also calls for the installation of 58 new wireless towers.
Cuts to the Universal Service Fund will hurt rural broadband services, telecommunication officials say. Changes made by the Federal Communications Commission to the USF, which helps build rural communications networks, will begin in July. They affect the way USF money is distributed.
The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) today released the white paper, “The Smart Rural Community,”
Incorrect data inputs used by the FCC, impacting calculations to the USF.
Letter to the Chairman on reform issues; including USF and ICC programs.
Letter to the Chairman on reform issues; including USF and ICC programs.
Letter to the Chairman on reform issues; including USF and ICC programs.
Support for modernization of the USF and Rural Utilities Service.
Northeastern California Connect (NECCC) and Upstate California Connect (UCCC) — are coupling efforts to develop a broadband infrastructure plan that could provide Internet access to more than 1 million rural Northern California residents in 11 counties collectively.
US Senator Jon Tester is asking the Federal Communications Commission to slow down on changes to their National Broadband Plan. The plan would reduce the amount of resources available to broadband internet provides for investing in rural telecommunications.
A bipartisan group of 44 representatives and 21 senators signed letters from each body to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski asking the commission avoid proposed rule changes that could imperil the deployment of high speed Internet in rural areas.
The House's letter was circulated by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo). and signed 43 members who represent mostly rural districts. Luetkemeyer and colleagues reminded Genachowski that the increase in build-out of rural broadband has been "a major source of jobs." But unless the commission provides "more certainty to broadband providers" by avoiding a recently announced proposed rule making, it could harm both consumers and the rural economy.
Letter to the Chairman on reform issues; including USF and ICC programs.
Request FCC to continue to work to serve rural areas' communication needs.
Broadband has gone from being a luxury to a necessity for full participation in our economy and society,” said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in October 2011, when he announced plans for long-awaited changes to the Universal Service Fund (USF) and Intercarrier Compensation (ICC) systems.
Annual NTCA survey shows progress of rural communications providers; regulatory uncertainty could impact future.
Petition the Commission pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 1.106 for clarification of recently adopted rules.
RE: Universal Service Fund Reform and Rural Healthcare to Sen. Jerry Moran
Rural Telecom Associations Respond To Comments On Further Universal Service Fund Reform.
Filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to the agency’s Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) regarding intercarrier compensation (ICC) reform.
Role of broadband to create jobs in small businesses throughout rural America.
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