Wireline Bureau Approves Certain Alaska Plan Carrier Obligations

The FCC Wireline Bureau approved rate-of-return Alaska Plan recipient Arctic Slope Telephone Cooperative's (ASTAC) revised performance plan Tuesday. The bureau approved revised obligations on the minimum number of locations to be reported through the high-cost universal broadband portal at the five and 10-year service milestones, said a public notice in docket 16-271. ASTAC said it was able to "negotiate access to fiber middle mile capacity at a lower rate" and "move service in Atqasuk from satellite to fiber middle mile."