Windstream and CenturyTel asked the Arkansas Public Service Commi...
Windstream and CenturyTel asked the Arkansas Public Service Commission to suspend Alltel’s petition for wireless eligible telecom carrier (ETC) status because of doubts about its merits and the petition’s potential to affect the swelling federal high-cost universal service fund.…
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The incumbents (Case 07-028-U) said Alltel didn’t show it needs universal service subsidies to build out wireless service in the rural territories at issue, and that Alltel already serves rural markets without subsidy. The PSC should look at how more ETC designations such as Alltel seeks may exacerbate problems from explosive growth in the federal universal service fund, they said.