The FCC agreed to raise the limit on the number...
The FCC agreed to raise the limit on the number of pages in petitions to reconsider its Universal Service Fund reform order, the Wireline and Wireless Bureaus said in an order dated Friday and circulated Tuesday. Parties now have up…
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to 40 pages to make their cases against the October order (CD Oct 28 p1), the FCC said. The change was in response to a request from rural telco associations, as the telecom world prepares to file challenges to the FCC’s USF reforms. Replies will be limited to 15 pages, the FCC said. The previously announced limit was 15 pages for recon petitions, 10 for replies. “We agree with the Rural Representatives that interested parties should be given sufficient opportunity to provide meaningful comments and necessary information regarding the USF/ICC Transformation Order,” the commission said (http://xrl.us/bmm2kk).