Message-ID: <20230430222048.GA187747@telecomdigest.us>
Date: 30 Apr 2023 18:20:48 -0400
From: "The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Centurylink files notice of Ex Parte communicaitons
On behalf of Connect Holding II, LLC, d/b/a "Brightspeed" and it's
afiliate, Brightspeed of West Missouri, I met via video conference on
April 3, 2023 with Terri Natoli, Jodie May, and Rodney McDonald in the
Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss the above-referenced
application. Brightspeed of West Missouri is the new name for Emparq
Missouri, Inc., d/v/a Centurylink, which filed the application.
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1040689055937/1
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I copied the above paragraph by hand from the document in the FCC
file. It's in PDF format, and it has been set to prevent copying
by those reading it.
The Ex Parte communicaiton mentioned seems to be about a flood,
and/or the ways that Centurylink intends to deal with the damage
the flood caused. | | - Bill Horne |
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Message-ID: <20230430223445.GA187824@telecomdigest.us>
Date: 30 Apr 2023 18:34:45 -0400
From: "The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: SI Wireless files notice of Ex Parte communication
On April 4, 2023, Leslie Williams, President of SI Wireless LLC (“SI
Wireless”); Mignon Clyburn and Ron Jones of MLC Strategies, and the
undersigned met with Ramesh Nagarajan and Elizabeth Cuttner, legal
advisors for FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel, to discuss issues SI Wireless
has encountered with the FCC’s Secure and Trusted Communications
Networks Reimbursement Program (“Reimbursement Program”).
In the meeting, we discussed the delays SI Wireless has encountered
with the Reimbursement Program and the related delays it has
experienced in receiving reimbursement funds related to numerous and
repeated Requests for Information (“RFIs”). SI Wireless noted that the
back and forth emails related to the RFIs would be better handled in a
telephone call or video conference with the Reimbursement Program Fund
Administrator (“Fund Administrator”). SI Wireless has 65 invoices
totaling $10,987,850.88 that have been outstanding with the Fund
Administrator for over 170 days with the oldest invoices aging past
215 days. Of those 65 invoices, 45 invoices are still awaiting initial
review. SI Wireless has submitted a total of 118 invoices requesting
over $16 million in reimbursement funds. Of those 118, only 11 have
been paid representing about $360,000. SI Wireless’s first payment was
disbursed on November 23, 2022 which means it must complete the
process by November 23, 2023, a year from the first payment being
disbursed.
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10406117307084/1
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I'm at a loss to explain how a D.C. law firm would be claiming that
the FCC is in arrears on payments which total over ten million
dollars, for "over 170 days."
Would someone with more info please clear this up? Thanks!
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| Message-ID: <20230430230730.GA188024@telecomdigest.us>
Date: 30 Apr 2023 19:07:30 -0400
From: "The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: The Internet & Television Association wants the FCC to ease
up on EAS security
On April 4, 2023, Radhika Bhat, Loretta Polk, and Andy Scott of NCTA –
The Internet & Television Association, Maureen O’Connell of Charter,
Brian Josef and Catherine Fox of Comcast, and Nneka Adibe of Cox spoke
with Debra Jordan, Nicole McGinnis, Austin Randazzo, Erika Olsen,
James Wiley, Steven Carpenter, Minsoo Kim, and James Zigouris of the
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau regarding the above
referenced proceeding.1 Mses. Bhat, Polk, O’Connell, Fox, and Adibe
and Mr. Josef also met on April 4th with Hannah Lepow, Legal Advisor
to Commissioner Starks; on April 5th with Marco Peraza, Legal Advisor
to Commissioner Simington; and on April 6 th with Umair Javed, Chief
Counsel to Chairwoman Rosenworcel.
NCTA explained that network security is a core business imperative for
cable operators and that our members develop and implement
leading-edge cybersecurity best practices, tools, and risk management
plans in the normal course of business, including with respect to
EAS.2 Accordingly, a requirement for EAS Participants to develop
EAS-specific cyber risk management plans is unlikely to result in
additional security improvements for NCTA’s members. Should the
Commission have concerns about other EAS Participants, education
efforts regarding basic cybersecurity hygiene would help these
entities gain the knowledge and tools necessary to implement
cybersecurity measures.
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10406792723897/1
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