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A survey conducted by NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association provides insight into broadband and internet service by rural telephone companies. NTCA has conducted the… Read More »Survey of Rural Broadband Service

The Rural Utilities Service has issued a final rule to amend its regulations for Electric and Telecommunications Standards affecting the following: Specifications for Materials and… Read More »RUS Amends Standards for Timber Products

On behalf of AHC, David Cook joined with many rural telcos in “A Call to Action” to demand that broadband policymakers improve USF funding by… Read More »AHC joins rural telcos to request better USF funding

AHC attorney, David Cook, recently spoke to a group of directors of telephone cooperatives about legal risks and privacy concerns.  The telephone and telecommunication utilities… Read More »Telephone Cooperative Directors: Legal Risks and Privacy Concerns

Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed an outstanding question in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.  The court clarified the extent of the devices… Read More »Supreme Court Addresses Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Effective January 12, 2021, the Small Business Administration and the Department of the Treasury issued an Interim Final Rule concerning the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). … Read More »Telephone and Electric Coops Qualify for PPP Round 2

Many businesses are giving consumers a break, including many electric and telephone cooperatives. Utility cooperatives are offering free services or waiving fees and pledging not… Read More »Utility, telephone, and internet cooperatives are giving consumers a break during the coronavirus pandemic.

David Cook will be speaking at the upcoming NTCA’s RTIME conference.   The conference will be held on February 16 – 19 in Phoenix, AZ.  The conference will bring together more… Read More »AHC Partner Discusses Cooperatives’ Capital Credits at Telephone Cooperative Conference

David R. Cook Jr., a partner at Autry, Hall & Cook, LLP, recently spoke at the NTCA Fall Conference.   The conference was held September 21… Read More »AHC Partner Speaks About Corporate Director Fiduciary Duties to Telephone Company Directors

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