AT&T urged the FCC “to create a rational, sustainable business...
AT&T urged the FCC “to create a rational, sustainable business model for Universal Service Fund support for broadband, the company said in an ex parte filing. Executives met with Chairman Julius Genachowski’s wireline adviser, Zac Katz, and renewed calls for…
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comprehensive USF and intercarrier compensation reform. Windstream sat down separately with Angela Kronenberg, wireline adviser to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn; Brad Gillen, wireline adviser to Commissioner Meredith Baker; and Margaret McCarthy, wireline adviser to Commissioner Michael Copps, to discuss USF reform. The agency ought to find a way to let companies recoup lost revenue after mandated rate reductions, Windstream said. It backed a five-year transition period to reduce rates and recommended an order assessing USF fees on VoIP providers.