Grant Comcast E-rate Waiver for All Providers: USTelecom
USTelecom backs Comcast’s petition for a waiver of E-rate’s gift rule for its Lift Zone initiative if the FCC adjusts its rules or provides guidance that “permits all service providers to benefit from the ability to provide free service” (see…
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2105210055). Comcast’s request is “based on a set of facts that applies to all service providers seeking to aid communities by providing free service,” USTelecom said in comments posted Tuesday in docket 02-6, and is “evidence of the need for reform or clarification of the gift rules that affect all service providers.” There should also be “appropriate safeguards,” such as making the free service "completely separate from the provision of other E-rate services," the group said.