The Universal Service for America Coalition urged the FCC to...
The Universal Service for America Coalition urged the FCC to seek to achieve the goals of the National Broadband Plan by implementing measures that are based directly upon the provisions of the current Telecom Act rather than the specific measures…
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recommended in the National Broadband Plan, said the group in an ex parte filing. The coalition asked the FCC to request comment on its alternative universal service revamp proposal in the upcoming rulemaking regarding universal service revamp. While implementing the coalition’s proposal, the agency should clarify that eligible telecom carriers (ETC) can use funding for broadband networks and equipment that currently are, or soon will be, used to provide supported services and rule that ETCs can use funding to support broadband Internet services as long as the ETC voluntarily agrees to offer the underlying transmission component as a telecom service, the group said. In any event, the agency shouldn’t eliminate or phase out funding for traditional telecom services until the agency has identified revamp proposals that fall within its authority to adopt, the coalition said.