Aug 24, 2021 | Affordability, Blog Entry, By Ryan Johnston, Federal Policy, Filing, Lifeline, Reply Comments
When the federal Lifeline program was established in 1985, it provided a discount on phone service to qualifying low-income consumers. This continued until March 31, 2016, when the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted an order to reform the Lifeline...
Jun 2, 2021 | Blog Entry, By Corian Zacher, Filing, Last Mile, Middle Mile, Open Access, State Policy
On May 18th, NCC joined allied organizations in a letter to the California State Assembly Committee on Budget, supporting Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to invest $7 billion in broadband infrastructure for a publicly-owned open access middle mile fiber network....
