FCC Admonishes Momentum Telecom for USF Contribution Delinquency
The FCC Enforcement Bureau admonished Momentum Telecom for not making full and timely contributions to the USF for more than a year. That failure deprived the USF of funds and gave Momentum an advantage over competitors that made timely contributions,…
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said a bureau order Friday in File No.: EB-IHD-15-00018669. The bureau said that starting in September 2013, Momentum failed to make full and timely USF contributions, owing over $100,000 in August 2014, before fully erasing its arrears in October 2015. "An admonishment is appropriate in this case because the relevant statute of limitations has expired for all but a de minimis amount of the USF debt at issue. Nevertheless, Momentum’s habitual late payments to the USF must still be sanctioned," it said. Momentum said the $100,000 debt was due to a single missed invoice and notes it wasn't placed on "red light" status or had its case referred to the U.S. Treasury for debt collection, the order said. The bureau believes the size and duration of the debt warrant some enforcement action, but it didn't issue a fine despite some consideration. Momentum didn't comment Friday.