The FCC Wireless Bureau agreed to provide “limited, interim support”...
The FCC Wireless Bureau agreed to provide “limited, interim support” of $40,104 per month -- for at least three months and up to six months -- for Windy City Cellular, which serves remote parts of Alaska including Adak Island. Under…
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the USF reform order approved by the FCC last year, support for eligible telecommunications carriers serving remote parts of Alaska was limited to $3,000 per line per year ($250 per line per month) beginning Jan. 1. WCC has warned that it would have to cease operations without additional funding. WCC said it saw the USF support it receives fall by some 84 percent, from $136,344 in December 2011, to $22,356 in January. “The Bureau finds that this limited relief is appropriate to ensure that WCC can maintain its wireless operations until we have a full opportunity to evaluate its Petition based on the totality of relevant information,” the bureau said (http://xrl.us/bnbocq). Adak Island, part of the Aleutian chain, is among the more remote parts of Alaska with a year-round population of 326. Adak is Alaska’s southernmost town.