Any broadband service provider who contributes to a Universal Service...
Any broadband service provider who contributes to a Universal Service Fund should be eligible to compete for support from the fund, WildBlue said during a meeting with the FCC Wireline Bureau. Competition among the support recipients will effectively reduce the…
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size of the fund, the company said. The satellite broadband market is competitive and at the “cusp of next generation service,” and subsidizing favored technologies would be “harmful to consumers,” said WildBlue. Satellite broadband provides the highest speed and most cost-effective solution for unserved and rural areas and provides competition to cable where DSL may not get upgraded soon, it said. USF contributions should be assessed only on monthly service to end users rather than wholesale services, it said.