The Rural Cellular Association offered a compromise on the size...
The Rural Cellular Association offered a compromise on the size of a proposed Mobility Fund as the FCC moves forward on Universal Service Fund overhaul. A $300 million fund as proposed in the ABC Plan, or even a $500 million…
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fund, “would dramatically undervalue the ability of wireless providers to deliver broadband service to high-cost, rural communities,” RCA said in a letter to the commission (http://xrl.us/bmercx). In the past, the group advocated a $1.5 billion annual fund, the letter noted. “RCA could support a $800 million Mobility Fund, approximately one-fourth of what the wireless industry contributes, if the FCC also allocates a sufficient amount for annual operating expenses and if the largest wireless carriers and rural local exchange carriers are prohibited from participating in the Mobility Fund."