National Telecom Co-op Assn. has 5 ‘guiding principles’ for its r...
National Telecom Co-op Assn. has 5 “guiding principles” for its regulatory and legislative agenda this year, CEO Michael Brunner said at group’s annual meeting this week: (1) Rural carriers should continue to receive universal service support based on actual…
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costs. (2) Support should be used “to reduce the burden of high-cost service, not to create a windfall for a low-cost carrier.” (3) Only carriers capable of providing high-quality service “to all customers in a service area over their own network, or in combination with another,” should be eligible for universal service support. (4) Support should be broadly based and all providers of telecom services “should share the burden.” (5) Universal Service Fund cap should be reviewed to ensure sufficient support.