In a recent letter, NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association requested members of Congress promote and sustain universal service. With new grant programs beginning to address challenges… Read More »NTCA Letter to Congress about USF Improvements
In a recent ruling, the Service addressed a telecom cooperative that divested its cellular business to focus on broadband services. It had transacted business through… Read More »Cooperative Taxation: telecom coop divests cellular to focus on broadband
RUS recently made minor modifications to a final rule with regulations it previously adopted to implement the 2018 Farm Bill. The modifications clarify the regulations… Read More »RUS modifies final rule concerning retail broadband loans
In advising cooperatives, AHC attorney David Cook relies on the attorney-client privilege to protect communications with clients from disclosure to courts, tax authorities, and others.… Read More »Cooperative Tax Advice and the Attorney-Client Privilege
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
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