NTCA Says More Time Needed for Broad Overhaul of Rural USF Mechanisms
NTCA said more time is needed for a comprehensive rural carrier USF overhaul than is currently anticipated under the FCC's timetable for action this year. Citing the "complexity of proposals and the currently fluctuating and unclear state of the record…
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on them," the FCC processes "necessarily require more time than permitted before a year-end Commission vote," NTCA said in a filing posted Tuesday in docket 10-90. NTCA said the FCC could by year-end adopt a fix to solve some targeted issues, including the "standalone broadband problem" under which rate-of-return rural carriers currently lose high-cost USF support when customers switch voice service to other providers.