The FCC shouldn’t broaden the scope of a notice of inquiry on uni...
The FCC shouldn’t broaden the scope of a notice of inquiry on universal service high-cost support for non-rural carriers, said the Wyoming Public Service Commission. The notice, now circulating the FCC’s 8th floor (CD March 23 p10), includes a…
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laundry list of questions asking how the FCC should respond to a 2005 remand by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. In 2005, the court called unlawful the FCC’s current non-rural rules, which address carriers like Qwest that serve high-cost areas with too many lines to be considered “rural” by the statutory definition. In a letter last week to the FCC, the Wyoming PSC urged the agency to reject a suggestion by AT&T to take the opportunity to revamp Universal Service for the broadband age.” Including such a controversial subject would complicate the proceeding, the PSC said. “'Broadband age’ issues are not related to the remand, and are not part of the current federal universal fund … or the mandate of the Court.”