FCC Bureau Denies Request To Extend Lifeline Reply Deadline

The FCC Wireline Bureau denied a motion to extend the reply deadline in its Lifeline USF rulemaking, leaving the date at Sept. 30. In an order issued Wednesday in docket 11-42, the bureau noted it had already granted one extension and said a further extension was "not warranted under the present circumstances." The extension was requested by the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates and other consumer groups (see 150918005).