The FCC should clarify that the elimination of...
The FCC should clarify that the elimination of support in areas covered 100 percent by an unsubsidized competitor does not apply to price cap areas, USTelecom said in a petition (http://bit.ly/1oqU2pk) for reconsideration or clarification posted Friday in docket 10-90.…
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If the elimination is intended to apply to price cap carriers, the agency should reconsider the provision, the petition said. Price cap carriers received no notice of the potential application of this rule to them, the petition said. The discussion in the USF/ICC Transformation Order was eliminating support in those situations to rate-of-return carriers, the petition said.