Revamping universal service as the FCC proposes ‘could result in ...
Revamping universal service as the FCC proposes “could result in no support” for “improving and expanding rural wireless infrastructure,” the Rural Cellular Association and the Alliance of Rural CMRS Carriers said Wednesday. The groups want the FCC to put…
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its plan out for comment. “Lack of information … has been very frustrating for RCA and its 100 wireless carrier members, and the group is apprehensive about any proposal to reform the USF program, especially one that no one outside the commission has seen,” RCA said. The public “has had to rely on press conferences and consulting with those being briefed by the Commission to determine the proposed rules since Chairman [Kevin] Martin’s plan has not been circulated outside the FCC,” the group added.