Former FCC Chmn. William Kennard told Western Wireless Chmn. CEO ...
Former FCC Chmn. William Kennard told Western Wireless Chmn. CEO John Stanton in recent letter that he offered “support” for company’s efforts to be designated by Commission as eligible telecom carrier (ETC) for service at Pine Ridge Reservation in…
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S.D. “I'm very hopeful that the FCC will grant you the ETC designation,” Kennard wrote in Aug. 30 letter. “I believe that the ‘96 [Telecom] Act contemplated that competitors should be given ETC status, which can only be good for underserved consumers, like many residing on Indian reservations,” Kennard said. FCC is expected to act shortly on Western Wireless request that Commission give it ETC status so it could qualify for universal service funding for service at Pine Ridge.