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The FCC should adopt the temporary cap on Universal Service Fund ...

The FCC should adopt the temporary cap on Universal Service Fund payments to competitive eligible telecommunications carriers, 800 telecom companies said Tuesday in a letter to the agency. The Coalition to Keep America Connected said the CETC program’s “exploding…

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growth” must be curbed to avert a financial crisis that could harm consumers. The Joint Board’s proposed cap has “broad bipartisan support in Congress,” the petition said. The coalition includes four rural telecom associations lobbying for the cap: The Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance, National Telephone Cooperative Association, the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies and Western Telecom Alliance.