Tamber Ray

NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association submitted reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete request for comments. NTCA's reply comments touched on a number of topics, including the Universal Service Fund. "NTCA urges the Commission to reject those questioning the need for universal service programs.

NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission in response to the In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete request for comments. NTCA's remarks focused on the "elimination, pruning, or streamlining of regulations that are outdated, unnecessary, unduly burdensome, or inconsistent with their governing statutory authority." Notably, NTCA recommended the elimination of digital discrimination rules adopted in November 2023. The Association also opposes the addition of proposed broadband label requirements, including multilingual labels.

NTCA submits that overriding public interest goals can be accomplished with narrowly drawn measures that focus upon key potential points of failure in the transmission of content and data, regardless of where they reside in the ecosystem.