Connect America Fund Phase I incremental support should go...
Connect America Fund Phase I incremental support should go only to areas where a price cap LEC demonstrates that a competitive provider is not providing broadband service, said NCTA, Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable in an…
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ex parte filing Tuesday (http://bit.ly/1aZ4trQ). The CAF Phase 1 incremental support challenge process is a burden “imposed on cable operators that have nothing to gain from the process other than protecting their service areas from universal service fund-subsidized competition,” said the filing. When conflicting evidence is submitted by both an LEC seeking funding from USF and a provider, CAF Phase I incremental support shouldn’t be awarded, said the filing. “The [Wireline] Bureau should focus on the availability of service, not the provision of service.” LEC evidence that shows only that a portion of a census block is not served by a provider shouldn’t be given weight, said the filing. “The Commission has denied price cap carriers’ attempts to receive CAF Phase I incremental support in partially served census blocks based on evidence that some locations are unserved."