FCC Seeks Comment on NTCA Petition for Waiver of ACP Rules

The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association. NTCA seeks a waiver of the FCC’s rules for small broadband internet access service providers that apply a $75 per month Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) benefit to the bills of qualifying Tribal consumers resulting in a free-to-the-end-user service. NTCA requests modification of the requirement to track usage every rolling 30-days for subscribers who receive free-to-the-end-user service, or in the alternative an effective date of September 15, 2022. Interested parties may file comments on or before May 26, 2022. Comments may be filed using the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System.