The National Exchange Carrier Assn. (NECA) filed an ex parte lett...
The National Exchange Carrier Assn. (NECA) filed an ex parte letter with the FCC March 8 out of concern that a dispute in Alaska could unintentionally require small telecom carriers to change their banking practices. The case involves a…
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complaint -- Ketchikan Internet Services [KIS] v. City of Ketchikan. KIS has accused a telecom carrier, Ketchikan Public Utilities, of violating the Telecom Act by improperly subsidizing competitive Internet services with universal service funds. Of concern to NECA is KIS’s citing a KPU practice of depositing regulated and nonregulated revenue, including universal service fund accounts, into a unified fund. NECA said if the Commission decided this practice was unlawful, many other carriers would be forced to change their banking practices. NECA said was not aware of anything in the law or FCC rules that would forbid carriers from using a single bank account combining regulated and nonregulated revenues.