The Indiana Exchange Carrier Association asked the FCC not to...
The Indiana Exchange Carrier Association asked the FCC not to make major chances to the plan for Universal Service Fund and intercarrier compensation revisions that carriers submitted to the FCC July 29. The FCC should “refrain from modifying elements of…
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the Consensus Framework, including, but not limited to, reductions in the amount of support; the imposition of any hard cap on high-cost support; or adjustments that would affect adversely [rural local exchange carriers'] ability to obtain compensatory resources from an intercarrier compensation restructuring mechanism,” the association said in a filing (http://xrl.us/bma35e). “The carefully crafted compromises made by the Rural Associations were tuned to meet specific objectives that enable adequate cost and revenue recovery and encourage regulatory certainty. Adjustments ... that affect those interests adversely could undermine the overall effectiveness of the Consensus Framework.” The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association made similar points in a filing at the commission. “Adjustments to any element, including the restructuring mechanism or further constrictions on cost recovery, would undermine the strength of the agreement and the ability of rural rate-of-return carriers to deploy and maintain networks, as well as their ability to meet debt obligations,” the filing said (http://xrl.us/bma35x).