The Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance lauded GA...
The Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance lauded GAO (CD July 11 p1) for condemning FCC management of the Universal Service Fund. “ITTA has long advocated that carriers serving rural and high-cost areas should receive universal service support regardless of…
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the size of the carriers where USF is necessary to ensure the viability of the underlying telecommunications network and affordable consumer rates,” ITTA President Curt Stamp said. “We are encouraged that the GAO report recognizes this goal and are hopeful that Congress and the [FCC] will heed this message as we develop meaningful USF reform.”