The FCC’s Universal Service Fund reform order falls short of providing...
The FCC’s Universal Service Fund reform order falls short of providing “sufficient and predictable support” for carriers to meet the broadband needs of rural America, GVNW Consulting said in a filing. “When the Commission signaled its original intent to pursue…
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a National Broadband Plan, many areas of rural America expected that a comprehensive strategy that was focused to the needs of all Americans would follow,” the consultant to rural telcos said (http://xrl.us/bmo45v). “Sadly, that has not been the case. The Commission has focused instead in its Transformation Order on how to restrict funds for the highest cost to serve areas via exclusions, phase-outs and caps. We respectfully submit that a Connect America Fund mechanism will not be successful unless residents in the highest cost to serve areas have the ability to access reasonably comparable broadband services at a reasonably comparable price."