The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) has denied a petition filed by CRC Communications LLC (CRC) seeking waiver of section 54.320(d) of the FCC’s rules. Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II auction carriers were required to offer voice and broadband service meeting the relevant performance obligations to 80 percent of the required number of locations by December 31, 2024. The number of locations a CAF Phase II carrier is required to serve is based on the Connect America Cost Model’s (CAM) estimate of how many locations are in the eligible census blocks in the carrier’s service area. CRC notified the Bureau that it would not be able to meet the December 31 service milestone deadline and claimed that the wireless company it had partnered with to meet its CAF Phase II auction obligati

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