Google said there’s enough consensus on Universal Service Fund and...
Google said there’s enough consensus on Universal Service Fund and intercarrier compensation system reform that the FCC should move forward quickly. “There is broad support in the record for targeted accountability measures on USF support, including build-out and reporting obligations,”…
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the company said in an ex parte notice (http://xrl.us/bmd6yd). “Requiring accountability will help ensure that subsidies are well spent and assist in preventing waste, as well as fraud and abuse.” The FCC must also take care, as it reforms intercarrier compensation, that “the enormous capabilities of IP networks” are “not shoehorned into the limited functionality of TDM,” Google said in the letter posted to docket 10-90. “Although many of the parties diverge on the specifics, there is widespread agreement on many key points,” it said. “Google respectfully urges that the extensive base of record support provides a solid foundation for the FCC to move forward with an orderly transition of USF and ICC to create the next generation of networks and services for all Americans."