FCC Common Carrier Bureau (CCB) seeks comment on remand, by 5th U...
FCC Common Carrier Bureau (CCB) seeks comment on remand, by 5th U.S. Appeals Court, New Orleans, of $650 million figure set for new universal service fund under CALLS plan. On May 31, FCC adopted CALLS order, which reformed interstate…
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access rate structure for price cap carriers by removing implicit universal service support and replacing it with explicit support. Commission accomplished that by creating new universal service support mechanism and said that amount fell within range of proposed amounts submitted in proceeding. On Sept. 10, appeals court remanded that portion of CALLS order and concluded that Commission had failed to exercise sufficiently independent judgment in establishing $650 million amount. Bureau specifically seeks comment on uses of cost model, including Commission’s forward-looking high-cost model or study submitted by AT&T to identify appropriate amount. Comments are due 30 days after publication in Federal Register.