The FCC’s Universal Service Fund overhaul depends on a strong state role...
The FCC’s Universal Service Fund overhaul depends on a strong state role in monitoring and evaluating the results, said the Wisconsin Public Service Commission in a filing with the federal commission (http://goo.gl/vzwi5). The WPSC urged a strong state role in…
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ensuring compliance with Connect American Fund obligations, measuring and reporting broadband speeds and other verifications, comparing services, and interconnection and backhaul for community networks. States should also have a strong role in developing the CAF for rate-of-return carriers, the WPSC said. It also expressed concern that the rural fund might not be enough to maintain existing and build out new networks. The state commission also urged the FCC to consider potential impacts on a case-by-case basis as it shifts the fund from voice to broadband.