The FCC should tentatively conclude that carriers should receive ...
The FCC should tentatively conclude that carriers should receive Universal Service Fund local switching support (LSS) based on their actual number of lines, if the commission adopts a notice of proposed rulemaking, said the Coalition for Equity in Switching…
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Support. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski circulated an item last month that would open a new proceeding to look into the matter (CD Aug 25 p3). In a phone call on Monday with an aide to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, the coalition also urged the FCC to tentatively conclude that revised LSS regulations apply to “any annual period that has not closed prior to the effective date of the revised rules.” The Universal Service Administrative Co. doesn’t close its books on a calendar year until the end of the next year, so the FCC should adopt the NPRM quickly, with an expedited comment cycle, so the revisions can be implemented by Dec. 1, the coalition said.