The FCC should respond to a current remand using rate data submit...
The FCC should respond to a current remand using rate data submitted by Verizon in its earlier comments (96-45), the company said in its FCC filing (05-337) after it met with the Wireline Bureau to address issues raised by…
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the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the Qwest v. FCC case. That rate information shows that non-rural LECs’ rural and urban local exchange rates are reasonably comparable, it said. Reasonable comparability between rural and urban rates is further assured by robust competition from intermodal providers like wireless carriers and VoIP providers, which offer competing voice services using national pricing plans, it said. Finally, the Commission could respond to the court’s concern that the Commission didn’t consider the Act’s principles as a whole by explaining that the non-rural fund operates within a larger framework that, overall, is quite effective in achieving Congress’ goal of universal service, it said.