The FCC Wireline Bureau waived the requirement that...

The FCC Wireline Bureau waived the requirement that price-cap eligible telecom carriers (ETCs) receiving frozen or incremental support file new five-year build-out plans by July 1 (http://bit.ly/1kodFIi). “Because the Bureau just finalized the Connect America Cost Model, and price cap carriers have not yet had the opportunity to make a state-level commitment for Connect America Phase II, we find that it is not in the public interest to require price cap ETCs to file new five-year plans in 2014 for the same reason as last year: they do not yet know which areas they will be serving in the future,” the Thursday order said. Price cap ETCs got a similar waiver in 2013.