The Wyo. PSC asked the FCC for supplemental universal service fun...
The Wyo. PSC asked the FCC for supplemental universal service funding “for customers of Wyoming’s only non-rural incumbent local exchange carrier, Qwest.” The PSC said the petition relates to a Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service recommendation “to permit…
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states to request further federal action… based on a demonstration that the state’s rates in rural, high-cost areas served by non-rural carriers are not reasonably comparable to urban rates nationwide.” Wyo. regulators said many of Qwest’s customers there were paying a monthly rate of $42.28, which is 124% higher than the national rate of $34.16. The PSC said: “Wyoming has very real universal service needs. It is a predominantly rural state with a small and widely dispersed population, few urban centers and some of the most physically difficult-to-serve territory in the United States.”