The FCC should adopt ‘competitively neutral’ universal service pr...
The FCC should adopt “competitively neutral” universal service program rules treating rural and urban areas equally, Maine’s Republican senators, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, to the agency in a letter. Eliminating the Interstate Access and Common Line Support rules,…
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as proposed, would mean a 46 percent drop in USF support in Maine, they said. “We urge you to reject any proposal that would reduce funding for competitive carriers” because it would harm rural consumers and perhaps public safety, they said, urging that reforms not favor any technology.