THE REGULATORY MIX AND BLOG ARTICLES

Today's Regulatory Mix: FCC Proposes Fine for Form 477 Filings, FCC Authorizes CAFII Support for Mississippi Broadband Deployment,  FCC Announces Status of RDOF Applications 

FCC Proposes Fine for Form 477 Filings

The FCC proposed a $163,912 fine, the maximum amount allowed by law, against Internet service provider Barrier Communications Corporation d/b/a BarrierFree for apparently: (1) reporting inaccurate information that significantly inflated its broadband subscription numbers; (2) failing to file required deployment data; (3) making false statements to FCC investigators; and (4) failing to respond to other inquiries. 

By now, everyone should be familiar with the FCC’s Form 477 Report.  Of course it’s more than a “report”, consisting of text files showing a providers voice and broadband subscription counts by census tract and broadband deployment by block.  The Form 477 is due twice each year on March 1 and September 1.