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September 2016

Consolidated says it will surpass the CAF-II 10/1 Mbps rural broadband requirement

Consolidated Communications said a large portion of its footprint it passes can get 20 Mbps, enabling the company to surpass the Federal Communications Commission’s 10/1 Mbps Connect America Fund-II requirement. To participate in the CAF-II program, service providers had to commit to delivering up to a minimum of 10/1 Mbps to their target set of homes and businesses.

Steve Childers, CFO of Consolidated Communications, told investors during the Drexel Hamilton Telecom, Media & Technology Conference that its long track record in building out networks in rural markets makes it easier to bring higher speeds to harder to reach customers. “We’re already well above what the FCC standard is and we feel like we have been investing in rural America for a number of years,” Childers said. The service provider breaks out broadband availability into three main buckets: Speeds of 20 Mbps, 100 Mbps and 1 Gbps.

Office of Cuba Broadcasting
Broadcasting Board of Governors
September 12-13, 2016
https://www.bbg.gov/2016/09/12/cuba-internet-freedom/

The 2016 brings together journalists, digital innovators and other individuals for two days of talks focused on improving digital rights and unrestricted internet access in the island nation. The conference is organized by the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) and is part of Social Media Week Miami.

  • Alan Gross, former U.S. government contractor and Cuban prisoner
  • John F. Lansing, CEO and Director of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the independent federal agency that oversees all U.S. international media. The BBG is made up of five networks - Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), which operates TV and Radio Marti. OCB is the organizer of the Cuban Internet Freedom Forum.
  • Dr. Nnake Nweke, Director of the Office of Internet Freedom, BBG

SHLB Coalition
September 22, 2016
11 am - 12 pm EST
http://us12.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b8f06a885587335ee5c6b1717&id=2b7f17...

Moderated by John Windhausen (SHLB Coalition) and featuring Kelleigh Cole (Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development) and Jeff Campbell (Cisco)

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FCC Seeks USAC Board Nominations

The Federal Communications Commission seeks nominations for board member positions on the Board of Directions of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) for a three-year term:

  • Representative for incumbent local exchange carriers (Bell Operating Companies), (position currently held by Joel Lubin, Consultant, AT&T);
  • Representative for libraries that are eligible to receive discounts pursuant to section 54.501 of the Commission’s rules (position currently held by Robert Bocher, Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction);
  • Representative for state consumer advocates (position currently held by Wayne Jortner);
  • Representative for commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) providers (position currently held by Matt Gerst, Director for Regulatory Affairs, CTIA – The Wireless Association);
  • Representative for cable operators (position currently held by Jose Jimenez, Executive Director, Cox Communications, Inc.); and
  • Representative for schools that are eligible to receive discounts pursuant to section 54.501 of the Commission’s rules (position currently held by Dr. Daniel A. Domenech, Executive Director, American Association of School Administrators).

All nominations must be filed with the Office of the Secretary by October 21, 2016.

Weekly Digest

Laboring Away: FCC Proposes TV Set-Top Rules and Lawmakers Feud Over Internet Transition

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