At our deadline, FCC was expected to act on Western Wireless peti...
At our deadline, FCC was expected to act on Western Wireless petition for eligible telecom carrier (ETC) status so it could provide local phone service to Pine Ridge Reservation in S.D. National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) wrote to…
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FCC Sept. 20 urging favorable decision so Western Wireless could improve “abysmally low telephone penetration rate” on reservation. NCAI Pres. Susan Masten said Western Wireless “in good faith” had constructed one cell site on reservation that provided services to 1,500 tribal members, 42% of whom didn’t have phone service previously. If it gets ETC status, company plans to build 2 more sites, which would provide service to every household on reservation, Masten said.