LTD Sues Iowa Utilities Board Over ETC Denial
LTD Broadband took the Iowa Utilities Board to court for denying the company eligible telecom carrier status needed to get $23 million in Rural Digital Opportunity Fund support. LTD notified the FCC about the lawsuit Tuesday in docket 20-34. “LTD…
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filed a timely and substantially complete application to expand its ETC designation, and promptly responded to IUB staff follow-up questions and requests for additional information,” said the complaint posted Monday in case CVCV062857 at Iowa District Court for Polk County. After delaying decision, the board improperly denied LTD’s application Nov. 5, the company claimed. The Iowa agency sent the FCC its order as it seeks to ensure “the record is clear with regard to the ETC designation process in Iowa,” the board said in a filing posted Monday. LTD sued “one of the few state [public utility commissions] that is actually doing its job,” tweeted Institute for Local Self-Reliance Director-Community Broadband Networks Christopher Mitchell. The board doesn't "comment on current or pending litigation," a spokesperson said Tuesday.