OPASTCO told FCC it supported interim universal service contribut...
OPASTCO told FCC it supported interim universal service contribution proposal such as one offered by USTA in Oct. (CD Oct 22 p5). OPASTCO said it agreed with USTA that interim plan should continue to use interstate, end-user revenue as…
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contribution base and should raise “safe harbor” contribution limit for wireless carriers to 20-28% from current 15%. It said it also would like to see Commission “exercise its permissive authority to require all facilities-based broadband Internet access providers to contribute to universal service.” OPASTCO spokeswoman said that phrase didn’t target any particular broadband platform but rather “we're saying all facilities-based Internet access providers should contribute, regardless of platform.” Such providers potentially would include cable, DSL, satellite, wireless. “Some of these platforms hold a very small percentage of the market but all should be contributing to the universal service fund,” she said. Assn. said it opposed connection- based contribution mechanism proposed by Coalition for Sustainable Universal Service and “numbers-based solution supported by AT&T.” OPASTCO said it envisioned interim proposal’s giving Commission time to work with telecom industry “to devise a workable and lawful flat-fee-based universal service contribution methodology.”