FCC rules adopting an online portal for private entities to submit information about suspected illegal robocalls took effect Oct. 25, says Thursday's Federal Register. The agency agrees with some commenters that consumers aren't a "private entity" (see 2102040062).

The FCC Enforcement Bureau partly granted AT&T's complaint that Duke Energy's pole attachment rates are "unjust and unreasonable," said an order Tuesday. The carrier "pays far more than Duke on a per-foot basis" and the utility "cannot justify charging AT&T a vastly inflated rate based on AT&T’s historical status as the first communications attached," the order said. The bureau said AT&T is entitled to a rate "that does not exceed the Old Telecom Rate" and not the new telecom rate because it "receives benefits under the JUA [joint use agreement] that materially advantage AT&T over other attachers." The order said AT&T is entitled to a refund limited to a three-year statute of limitations because the poles are in the Carolinas. Both companies were directed to negotiate a reciprocal JUA. Duke received the order at around 3:30 pm EDT Tuesday and "[has] not had the opportunity to review" it, emailed a spokesperson.

The FCC Wireline Bureau directed Universal Service Administrative Co. to review and process during the second filing window those Emergency Connectivity Fund applicants that certified and submitted their application after the initial filing window's Oct. 13 deadline, said a public notice Tuesday. These applicants aren't required to resubmit their applications or file a request for waiver of the initial deadline. The bureau doesn't expect to grant waivers of the second deadline "absent a showing of extraordinary circumstances."

Florida Power & Light asked the FCC to extend until Oct. 15 its opposition to AT&T's application for review of Enforcement Bureau orders partially granting AT&T pole attachment complaints, said a motion posted Monday in proceeding 20-214 (see 2109160054). AT&T had “substantial amounts of time to analyze each of the four orders,” FPL said, asking for a “reciprocally fair amount of time to do the same.” It said AT&T doesn't oppose the extension as long as its deadline to reply is delayed to Oct. 29.

Colorado’s Boulder Regional Emergency Telephone Service Authority asked the FCC to reconsider parts of its June 911 fee diversion order, said a petition posted Friday in docket 20-291 (see 2106250049). BRETSA said the finding that it can determine whether a jurisdiction is diverting fees based on survey responses was a "misreading" of Don't Break Up the T-Band Act Section 902. It asked the commission to reconsider holding states responsible for localities that may be diverting fees, which the FCC panel agreed with Friday for a report to Congress (see 2109170023). BRETSA said not providing a "grace period" for jurisdictions to comply with new rules is "placing them in immediate violation of the rules and frustrating, rather than supporting Congress intent."

AT&T asked the FCC to review the Enforcement Bureau's August order partially granting its utility pole attachment complaints against Florida Power & Light, said an application for review posted Thursday in proceeding 20-214 (see 2108160051). It asked the commission to "apply the correct standard of competitive neutrality," and require FPL to "quantify relevant and recurring costs to justify charging AT&T a rate higher than the fully compensatory new telecom rate guaranteed AT&T’s competitors" and "properly calculate a rate for AT&T using the same generally applicable inputs that FPL used to calculate rates for AT&T’s competitors." FPL didn't comment.

The FCC will host a webinar on the supply chain reimbursement program Sept. 27 at 10:30 a.m. EDT, said a public notice posted Thursday in docket 18-89.

GeoLinks agreed to withdraw support for 546 census blocks in California, Arizona and Nevada that it provisionally won during the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction if the FCC waives associated penalties, said a petition for a waiver posted Wednesday in docket 19-126. It said the census blocks are areas where it believes there are “no ‘locations’ for the purposes of RDOF.”

Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico asked the FCC to reject Puerto Rico Telephone Co.'s application for review of Liberty's being selected as the winning applicant in certain municipios for the Bringing Puerto Rico Together Fund Stage 2 competitive process, in opposition comments posted Tuesday in docket 18-143 (see 2108270058). PRTC's contention that its prices were lower is "plainly insufficient to support a claim that the bureau erred in awarding the challenged municipios to Liberty,” it said.

Global Tel*Link must produce information about video calling services even before the California Public Utilities Commission decides if it has jurisdiction over such services, ruled Assigned Commissioner Martha Guzman Aceves and Administrative Law Judge Cathleen Fogel Monday in an inmate calling services rulemaking (docket 20-10-002). The CPUC’s independent Public Advocates Office asked the commission to order GTL to respond to its discovery request. The company claimed video calling was outside the CPUC’s jurisdiction, limiting PAO discovery rights. “Like any other tribunal, the Commission has jurisdiction to determine its own jurisdiction, and to develop the facts necessary to make that determination,” the commissioner and ALJ ruled before a Wednesday pre-hearing conference. “Because this is ... a novel issue for the Commission, the information sought by Public Advocates may help us answer the jurisdictional question.” Even if material sought isn’t admissible, GTL hasn’t shown it couldn’t “lead to the discovery of admissible evidence,” they said. GTL declined to comment.