Allband Still Waiting on Pending Application for Review

Allband Communications Cooperative is still waiting for the FCC to act on its pending 2018 application for review of the agency’s order on the company’s petition for a waiver of the cap on USF support, said a status report Wednesday filed with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Allband v. FCC, docket 16-4059. Allband “is determining whether a meeting can be scheduled with the FCC Staff and Counsel for the Commission for the purposes of advancing a resolution of the remaining issues which are relevant to Allband's appeal,” the filing said. “The timing or date of such meetings remain undecided due in part to the pending nomination of a new FCC Commissioner to fill an existing Commission vacancy, possible changes in FCC Staff positions, and the resumption of in-person meetings at the FCC.”