Comsat asked FCC for full refund of $503,201 in Universal Service...
Comsat asked FCC for full refund of $503,201 in Universal Service or TRS fund overpayments between 1993 and 1998, it said in Aug. 15 ex parte filing. Comsat said it was entitled to refund because it had provided no…
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interstate portion of services that could be assessed for TRS payments, and services it did provide shouldn’t have been considered telecom under Commission rules. For TRS funding purposes, interstate services include interstate portion of video, satellite and international services. Comsat said that as provider of bare transponder capacity to mainly international destinations, it didn’t provide interstate portion of telecom service within meaning of Commission rules.