An FCC waiver has let Adak Eagle Enterprises, a new rural LEC in ...
An FCC waiver has let Adak Eagle Enterprises, a new rural LEC in Alaska, immediately get universal service funding and participate in National Exchange Carrier Assn. tariffs and pools. The waivers let Adak get support based on projected rather…
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than historic costs. Adak is offering service on Adak Island, home until 2000 to a U.S. Navy complex. The Navy had communications services so there’s never been a commercial provider there or a “study area” for regulatory purposes, the FCC said. Adak, which has been using gear the military left, has installed a digital switch but much of its equipment is outdated, the FCC said. The firm told the FCC for residents to have adequate service it must replace most of the network. The number of access lines on the island, site of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, ranges from 75 for year-round residents to 160 in summer. “Adak Telephone explains that these efforts will require substantial construction… and [it] will incur significantly higher costs associated with obtaining a skilled workforce,” the FCC said.