The Federal-State Joint Board for Universal Service may be ready ...
The Federal-State Joint Board for Universal Service may be ready to present its long-term reform proposals to the FCC as soon as week’s end, said board co-chairman Ray Baum of the Oregon Public Utility Commission. Baum said he was…
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“cautiously optimistic” about the timetable, although members are working on “final details” such as preparing their public statements on the recommendations. The proposal will be “close to the outline” the board released in September, Baum said in a phone conversation. The board had announced agreement then on key issues such as making USF subsidies available for broadband services and ending the equal support rule that gave competitive rural carriers the same level of subsidies as incumbents. Asked whether the recommendation will be unanimous, Baum said he didn’t know.