The Kan. Corporation Commission refused to reconsider an early-Ap...
The Kan. Corporation Commission refused to reconsider an early-April decision that it has authority to regulate the billing practices of wireless carriers getting universal service subsidies. It denied reconsideration pleas by 5 wireless carriers, saying none made a convincing…
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case that the original ruling was wrong. The carriers said federal laws denying states jurisdiction over wireless rates and entry preempt state laws on certifying eligible telecom carriers (ETC), particularly carriers getting only federal universal service funding. The KCC (Case 06-GIMT-187-GIT) called billing integral to providing the universal service entitlement, saying the state can’t be given authority to qualify carriers for subsidies while being denied authority over provision of services those subsidies fund. The KCC also said state universal service statutes apply to the services being provided, no matter what technology is used to supply them.