Universal service reform could hurt infrastructure deployment in ...
Universal service reform could hurt infrastructure deployment in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the territory’s Public Services Commission told the FCC last week. It asked the FCC to exempt the islands from funding caps “for a period long enough” to…
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let the area “catch up” to average development on the mainland. The Virgin Islands is “only now beginning to see competitive telecommunications services,” the PSC said. If the FCC doesn’t grant an exemption, it should phase in Universal Service Fund changes over at least five years, with most “change becoming effective toward the end,” it said.