CompTel condemned a proposal by AT&T and Verizon to implement a h...
CompTel condemned a proposal by AT&T and Verizon to implement a hybrid universal service contribution mechanism based on phone numbers and dedicated connections (CD Oct 22 p5). “The AT&T/Verizon plan will have a grossly disproportionate impact on small business…
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customers and should be rejected out of hand,” CompTel said. For example, a customer now paying $17.67 in USF per month for a DS1 would pay $35 under the Bells’ plan, it said. “The last thing the Commission should be doing in this poor economic climate is adopting measures that will put additional financial strain on the small businesses that employ 50.6 percent of the country’s private sector workforce.”