WB Grants 15 E-rate, ECF Form 471 Waivers
The FCC Wireline Bureau granted 15 petitions to waive commission rules on timely filing Form 471 applications for the E-rate program and Emergency Connectivity Fund, said an order Monday in docket 02-6. Two petitioners cited unexpected medical conditions and filed…
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applications more than 30 days after the deadline. Eight petitioners received messages through E-rate's online application portal that "inaccurately suggested" they should "discontinue work on their applications and file a waiver request." Five petitioners received a message through the ECF application portal with a similar message indicating they needed to file a waiver request. The bureau said it didn't expect to grant additional waivers "absent a showing of extraordinary circumstances."