CommLaw Monitor
AT&T, Verizon Cease Reporting Face Value of Prepaid Cards Sold
If you were planning to disregard a Form 499-A instruction, would you report yourself to the FCC? That is exactly what AT&T and Verizon have now done with regard to their reporting of prepaid card revenues. Both AT&T…
FCC Proposes $284,250 Fine for Failure to Pay USF
On May 6, 2010, the FCC issued a Notice of Apparent Liability to NTS Communications, Inc. for failure to pay universal service contributions. The NAL is the second large fine for failure to pay USF proposed in a little…
FCC's Genachowski Proclaims a "Third Way" to Apply Net Neutrality
A month after the Court of Appeals reversed the FCC's Comcast decision, FCC Chairman Genachowski announced a "third way" to regulate broadband transmission lawfully. The Chairman released a statement describing his…
FCC Overrules USAC on USF Application to T-1s
The Wireline Competition Bureau of the FCC has overruled a USAC finding that an internet services provider should pay universal service fund assessments on T-1s that the company uses to provide internet access and…
FCC Issues Universal Service Reform Proposals
On April 21, 2010, the FCC issued a Notice regarding proposed universal service reforms . The document is 28 pages long plus some lengthy appendices. The Notice itself is divided into a Notice of Inquiry section…