RLEC executives and rural and mid-size telco association leaders pressed...
RLEC executives and rural and mid-size telco association leaders pressed their case for universal service reform with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski as the chairman toured a beef-packing plant in Nebraska, the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association said in an ex parte…
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notice released on the FCC website on Friday. The executives were from Diller Telephone and Great Plains Communications, NTCA CEO Shirley Bloomfield, OPASTCO President John Rose and Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance President Genny Morelli, as well as leaders from the Nebraska Telecommunications Association and Iowa Telecommunications Association, the ex parte filing said. “During the tour, the Industry Representatives discussed the challenges and opportunities associated with deploying and operating broadband-capable, multi-use networks in rural America,” the ex parte notice said. “They also emphasized the importance to communities like Diller of ensuring that such network investments can be sustained, advanced and upgraded in the face of potential federal reforms to the Universal Service Fund and intercarrier compensation framework.” The notice was posted on dockets 10-90, 09-51, 07-135, 05-337, 01-92, 96-45 and 03-109.