Updated Alternative Connect America Cost Model Available, FCC Bureau Says
A revised Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) is available, the FCC Wireline Bureau said Monday in a public notice in docket 10-90. The revised A-CAM contains broadband deployment data from the latest Form 477 filed by broadband providers. The…
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A-CAM is being considered for use by the commission to help determine future USF support under the Connect America Fund for at least some rate-of-return carriers, mostly small RLECs. The bureau also released "results that illustrate how different per-location funding caps used in calculating support impact the potential support calculated for a particular study [coverage] area" served by rate-of-return telcos. The three scenarios the bureau looked at -- all using a funding benchmark of $52.50 -- had per-location funding caps of $200, $215 and $230. A-CAM information is available at a commission webpage.