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Some USF Contribution Reform Options Would Take Long to Implement, Warns AT&T

AT&T warned about possibly long implementation for some universal service fund contribution reform options, in a phone call with a state member of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service. AT&T Executive Director-State and Legislative Affairs Jolynn Butler Friday phoned…

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Michigan Public Service Commission Chairman Sally Talberg, said an AT&T ex parte letter posted Wednesday in docket 06-122. “The Joint Board should be mindful of the relative administrative ease and costs associated with the various options for contribution methodology reform,” AT&T said. “Some changes to the contribution methodology would entail longer implementation periods than others.”