Our Next Meeting
MARCH 8
PTA Small Company Mtg.
State College, PA
REMINDER:
2012 Membership Dues
Due January 31, 2012
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“These rural companies want to make certain that the Appellate Court hears that the concerns are much greater than the academic legal argument of whether the FCC order violates the statutory requirement that the FCC ensure that the USF is ‘sufficient’ and ‘predictable’. Those words take on real meaning when they are applied to each rural company and the communities they serve. There are very real and visible ramifications on economic development and job creation, health care and education.”
Excerpt from an e-mail highlighted in a Tuesday TRDaily article from Rural Broadband Alliance (RBA) counsel Steve Kraskin. The RBA was set to file an appeal to the FCC’s USF/ICC Order on behalf of at least 105 rural incumbent telcos. Kraskin also noted that the FCC decision hurts rural carriers because it punishes them for following standards put forward by the Rural Utilities Service and the Obama Administration as part of the broadband stimulus program in that rural companies cannot recoup the investment they made as part of the national broadband deployment initiative.
The above quote is taken from the 1/27/12 issue of the PTA Friday Report.
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2012 Meetings
MARCH 8
PTA Small Company Mtg.
State College, PA
APRIL 25 & 26
PTA SPRING CONFERENCE
State College, PA
JUNE 7
PTA Small Company Mtg.
State College, PA
JULY 16-18
110th Annual Convention
The Hotel Hershey
OCTOBER 2 & 3
PTATechnical Showcase & Conference
Harrisburg, PA
NOVEMBER 15
PTA Small Company Mtg.
State College, PA
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