FCC Tees Up Proposed High-Cost Loop USF Payments for Average Schedule RLECs
Comments on proposed high-cost loop USF payments to some RLECs are due Sept. 24, replies Oct. 9, the FCC's Wireline Bureau said in a public notice Tuesday in docket 05-337. To implement an FCC rule change, the National Exchange Carrier…
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Association proposed high-cost loop formula modifications that would give "average schedule" rural carriers $11.3 million in 2016, up from $8 million in 2015 (see 1508240014). The proposed formula, if approved by the FCC, would be set to take effect Jan. 1, the bureau said.