The FCC must consider the trust relationship between the U.S. government...
The FCC must consider the trust relationship between the U.S. government and federally recognized tribes as it enacts policies impacting tribally owned telecom companies, the Mescalero Apache Tribe told officials from the FCC Wireline Bureau and the Office of Native…
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Affairs and Policy, said an ex parte letter (http://xrl.us/bm2w6b). The USF/intercarrier compensation order “does not sufficiently incentivize broadband development on Tribal lands,” it said. Representatives from Mescalero Apache Telecom expressed concern about the use of regression analysis to limit reimbursable capital and operating expenses to determine high-cost loop support (HCLS), and suggested the regression methodology include inputs on climate, soil-type, terrain, density, percentage of Lifeline customers and amount of unemployment. They also requested a cap of 95 percent on HCLS benchmarks rather than the proposed 90 percent.