WB OKs AT&T, Others’ EBB Claims Extension

The FCC Wireline Bureau gave AT&T, C Spire, WideOpenWest and Radiate one-month extension to submit reimbursement claims for emergency broadband benefit program newly enrolled subscribers, said an order Thursday. The bureau denied Radiate’s additional request to claim reimbursement for services provided to households that aren’t enrolled in the national Lifeline accountability database. It denied Point Broadband’s petition for extension until Aug. 16 to make reimbursement claims for May, June and July. Point's petition posted Thursday in docket 20-445. Point said it faced “multiple issues accessing the EBB program claims system” and spent “considerable time” seeking help from Universal Service Administrative Co. FCC staff previously granted EBB providers a one-month extension to submit May claims (see 2106080046).