UTC Case Docket Details

Docket Number 144140

Case Docket Details Table
Docket Number UT-144140
Advice
Company First Step Internet, LLC
DBA
Filing Type Petition
Industry (Code) Telecommunications (170)
Status Closed
Lead Staff Zawislak, Tim (UTC)
Filed Date 12/22/2014
Effective Date N/A
Summary Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier for the purposes of participating in the Federal Communications Commission's Rural Broadband Experiments. First Step is a registered competitive local exchange carrier and plans to offer fixed wireless broadband and Voice over Internet Protocol to approximately a dozen customers in Washington near the Moscow, Idaho border.

Event History

  • 02/12/2015 -- Allowed (Commissioner Danner moved to grant the petition of First Step Internet, LLC for designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC) in the seven specified census blocks in Washington for the purpose of establishing eligibility to participate in the Rural Broadband Experiment Program (RBE). The designation is subject to the reporting requirement that the Company must provide copies of any information submitted to the FCC for the duration of the RBE program within 10 days of filing with the FCC. Also included in the motion, Chairman Danner directed the Secretary to sign the order implementing the commission’s action. Commissioner Jones seconded the motion. The motion carried (3:0))
  • 02/12/2015 -- Open Meeting
  • 12/22/2014 -- Open