The trade group for Wisconsin’s incumbent telcos urged the Public...
The trade group for Wisconsin’s incumbent telcos urged the Public Service Commission to scrutinize applications by nonprofits seeking universal service grants for telecom access programs, to ensure they obey restrictions on state universal service funds. The Wisconsin State Telecom…
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Association said some of 25 grant applications filed by last month’s deadline are questionable. It cited a proposal to use the money to expand student access to wireless services in secondary schools, warning that the PSC should consider that wireless carriers don’t contribute to the state universal service fund. The applicants seek a total of $537,000 in grants, against a $500,000 program budget for nonprofits’ efforts to facilitate access to affordable phone service. The WSTA said the law requires that grants go to programs providing consumers in high-cost areas with affordable basic exchange access, or that expand the reach of advanced telecom service. The WSTA urged the PSC to resist the temptation to trim the requests and award some funds to all applicants.