Incompas, ITI Lobby FCC Aides on Future of USF
Incompas asked the FCC to create an additional layer on its forthcoming broadband maps that shows "which areas have received broadband funding for network deployment," said an ex parte filing posted Tuesday in docket 21-476. It could help determine areas…
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that may still need funding and whether adjustments to high-cost programs are necessary "before committing new funding," Incompas said in a meeting with an aide to Commissioner Brendan Carr. The group also met with an aide to Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, asking the FCC to include broadband internet access service (BIAS) revenues in the USF contribution base. The Information Technology Industry Council also met with an aide to Carr regarding contribution reform. The group backed refreshing the record in the FCC's contribution methodology proceeding to consider whether BIAS revenue should be assessed.