Western Wireless asked the FCC to discontinue using the rate-of-r...
Western Wireless asked the FCC to discontinue using the rate-of-return (RoR) regulatory system for setting rural telephone companies’ universal service fund (USF) support and access charges. Western Wireless said RoR “bloats the USF, creates opportunities and incentives for waste,…
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fraud and abuse and inhibits the development of efficient, innovative and competitive services for rural consumers.” Western Wireless proposed to replace RoR with a “forward-looking cost-based methodology.”