Cablevision and GCI lobbied the FCC on the Universal Service...
Cablevision and GCI lobbied the FCC on the Universal Service Fund and intercarrier compensation the day before and just as an order overhauling both was adopted (CD Oct 28 p1), filings posted Friday to docket 10-90 show. Those cable operators…
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were permitted to do such lobbying, under exemptions from sunshine rules. A lawyer for GCI reported speaking with a Wireline Bureau official, at his request, at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, around the time the order was approved. “GCI’s proposed mechanism for setting and disbursing CETC support in rural Alaska under a statewide cap should take into account the fact that some carriers did not elect tribal status,” a filing said (http://xrl.us/bmhg3u). The day before, a lawyer for Cablevision spoke with an aide to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, at the adviser’s request, a filing said (http://xrl.us/bmhg4e). It said there’s evidence in the proceeding’s record showing that ILECs persistently refuse to provide Internet Protocol-to-IP interconnections. The filing noted it was made a day late but that topics covered during the conversation had already been raised in Cablevision filings: “The opportunity to respond to a Sunshine Period ex parte presentation contemplated by same day filing requirement was made moot by the fact that the Commission acted on the day immediately following the presentation."