The FCC must overhaul jurisdictional separations before revamping...
The FCC must overhaul jurisdictional separations before revamping the Universal Service Fund and intercarrier compensation, said the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates. In reply comments on whether the FCC should extend the eight-year-old freeze on separations (CD…
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April 21 p3), NASUCA rejected arguments by associations of rural incumbent local exchange carriers. They said separations reform should come last. Compensation and USF levels “are dependent on proper separations between jurisdictions, not the other way around,” it said. The Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance, which didn’t file initial comments, sided with other rural associations. The separations freeze should continue until at least one year following USF and ICC reform, it said. “This approach will ensure that future modification of any separations requirements will be to complement, rather than complicate, the Commission’s ongoing efforts to ensure that regulatory frameworks reflect current competitive market conditions.”