The FCC is seeking comments on potential changes to its Connect...
The FCC is seeking comments on potential changes to its Connect America fund rules, it said in a filing released Tuesday and issued July 25. Windstream Communications had asked the FCC for a waiver of portions of section 54.312(b) of…
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the Commission’s rules, which says a recipient of Connect America Fund Phase I incremental support must deploy broadband to one unserved location, as shown on the then-current National Broadband Map, for every $775 of incremental support the recipient accepts, the Wireline Bureau said. “First, Windstream seeks a waiver of the requirement to connect to one unserved location for every $775 in incremental support it receives. Second, Windstream seeks a waiver so that it might use Connect America Fund Phase I incremental support to deploy second-mile fiber.” The comment due date is Friday and reply date is Sept. 10.