As part of its housekeeping campaign, the FCC said it wants to ‘r...
As part of its housekeeping campaign, the FCC said it wants to “refresh the record” on 2 proceedings involving the Lifeline/Link-Up program for low-income consumers. In one, the FCC had sought comments in 2004 on whether the program should…
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be expanded to serve more individuals and whether it could reach more people if the FCC adopted rules instead of guidelines for advertising it. In the other, the FCC had sought comments in 2003 about how to extend Lifeline/Link-Up to areas adjacent to trial lands. In both, the FCC said comments may have become “stale” over the years or “moot or irrelevant in light of intervening events.” Comments on both will be due 30 days after the FCC’s notices are published in the Federal Register. Meanwhile, the agency asked for new comments on an investigation into GTE’s 1995 annual access filing. The GTE issue looks at the method the company used to determine “exogenous adjustments” to its price cap index to reflect the sale of local exchanges, the FCC said. Local exchange sales since the proceeding began many have a bearing on the issue, the FCC said. And the issues raised by the proceeding may “have become moot or outdated,” the FCC said. Those comments will be due April 11, replies April 26.