CenturyLink told the FCC not to wait for a comprehensive Universa...
CenturyLink told the FCC not to wait for a comprehensive Universal Service Fund overhaul in the National Broadband Plan to fix the high-cost support mechanism for “non-rural” carriers that serve high-cost areas with too many lines to be considered…
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“rural” under the statutory definition. In meetings Tuesday with aides to Commissioners Michael Copps and Robert McDowell, CenturyLink said the current rulemaking responding to a 2005 remand by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals “offers an opportunity to move in the right direction toward more targeted support that is used for broadband deployment,” an ex-parte filing said. The company fears it could take “several years” until the FCC adopts a broadband support mechanism, it said. The commission is expected to issue a further notice of proposed rulemaking soon about the remand (CD Dec 2 p8).