At Our Deadline
The FCC adopted the recommendation of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service to retain the existing list of services supported by federal universal service funds. In an order issued late Mon., the agency made no decision on whether…
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equal access should be added to the list of services. The Joint Board also was unable to reach agreement on the issue, which is very important to rural ILECs. “We agree with the Joint Board that, with the possible exception of equal access,” no new service satisfies the statutory criteria… or should be added to the list of core services,” the FCC said.