[IP] FCC temporary modifications to Universal Service Fund rules in response to Hurricane Katrina
Begin forwarded message:
From: Mark Goldstein <markg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: October 17, 2005 3:02:06 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: FCC temporary modifications to Universal Service Fund rules
in response to Hurricane Katrina
Reply-To: markg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
For IP if you wish:
It's good to see some FCC temporary modifications to Universal
Service Fund
rules in response to Hurricane Katrina as detailed in the excerpt from
Washington Watch below. The Order itself may be viewed at
http://www.neca.org/wawatch/wwpdf/101705_1.pdf FYI.
Perhaps the wireless extensions to the low-income program will now be
further explored as a permanent and overall extension going forward.
Best Regards,
Mark Goldstein, President
International Research Center
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Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 11:14 AM
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Subject: Washington Watch 10/17
WASHINGTON WATCH
A publication of the NECA Washington DC Office
Edited By Deborah Long and Robert Falkner
October 17, 2005
You may also find the most recent edition of Washington Watch online at:
www.neca.org/wawatch/wwpdf/todayww.pdf
FCC RELEASES
E-RATE Order (http://www.neca.org/wawatch/wwpdf/101705_1.pdf),
CC Docket No. 96-45, WC Docket Nos. 02-6, 02-60 and 03-109, FCC 05-178
10/14/2005 - The FCC has temporarily modified certain Universal
Service Fund
rules in response to Hurricane Katrina:
• For the low-income program, the FCC adopted Lifeline rules to
provide
households eligible for individual housing assistance under FEMA
rules with
temporary wireless telecommunications service. The Commission also
adopted
Link-Up rules to help pay the costs of reconnecting households to the
telecommunications network.
• For the rural health care program, the Commission adopted rules to
allow
rural and non-rural public and nonprofit health care providers,
including
American Red Cross shelters providing health care services to disaster
victims, to apply for support for advanced telecommunications and
information services used for telemedicine applications.
• For the E-rate program, the Commission will open a new application
window,
to allow schools and libraries in the affected area and those serving
increased numbers of students and patrons to re-submit their requests
for
E-rate funds for this year. In addition, the Commission will assign the
E-rate program’s highest level of priority (i.e., 90 percent) to
schools and
libraries in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area for Funding Year
2005 and
Funding Year 2006.
• The Commission clarified that under the rules for receiving high-cost
support, carriers in the disaster area may use high-cost support funds
received for high-cost areas in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi to
assist in reconstructing facilities damaged by the hurricane.
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