Verizon is asking the FCC to deny Stratos Government Services’ pe...
Verizon is asking the FCC to deny Stratos Government Services’ petition for clarification or declaratory ruling (WC 06-122). Stratos, a satellite technology firm, had asked the Commission to expand the “exclusive government services” exemption from contributions to the universal…
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service fund. The exemption allows providers that sell services only to government to avoid direct contributions to the fund, Verizon claimed. If granted, Stratos’ request would heighten the competitive advantage that one class of competitors enjoys over another and would be impractical to implement, Verizon claimed.