NTCA is pleased with the FCC’s focus on...

NTCA is pleased with the FCC’s focus on funding connections within schools and libraries, because “adequate funding for this critical input remains insufficient,” association officials told an aide to Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel June 30, said an ex parte notice posted (http://bit.ly/TPABdt) Tuesday in docket 13-184. Any reforms to the E-rate program should not inadvertently limit the support available to small, rural schools and libraries, NTCA said. Many schools in areas served by NTCA members already have access to high-speed broadband, the group said. “Member companies have made a determined effort to provide these schools and libraries with the robust internal connections, including Wi-Fi technology, necessary to deliver broadband service to each individual classroom and student,” the group said.