FCC Wireline Bureau Remands 5 Reseller USF Appeals to USAC
FCC staff remanded five reseller USF appeals to Universal Service Administrative Co. for further consideration. The resellers are seeking a credit for USF contributions they say were made by their underlying providers, "or an adjustment to their revenue reporting for…
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revenue they claim was reported by their underlying providers," said a Wireline Bureau order in docket 06-122 in Tuesday's Daily Digest. It said petitions were filed by American Telecommunications Systems, Value-Added Communications and Eureka Broadband seeking reconsideration of bureau denials, and by InComm Solutions and Five9 seeking review of USAC decisions. "We direct USAC to consider whether each reseller can demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that its underlying wholesale provider has contributed on the amounts at issue," said the bureau order. "If a reseller makes such a showing, USAC should not attempt to recover contributions for the subject amounts from the reseller, even if the reseller had the obligation to contribute."