Allband Seeks Nine-Year Waiver on Support Cap
The Allband Communications Cooperative needs a nine-year extension of its FCC waiver from high-cost support caps to be able to “continue operations,” the company said in a petition posted Friday in docket 10-90. A previous three-year waiver from the $3,000-per-line…
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cap is to run out June 30, the petition said. Without a further waiver, the cap’s revenue reductions “would irreparably harm Allband” by providing insufficient revenue to continue to providing voice service “to any of its customers,” pay the principal and interest on its Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service loan, and to “continue operations as a telecommunications carrier.” The loan will be repaid in 2026, the petition said.