NTCA Presses FCC Republicans on USF 'Budget Shortfalls,' Other Concerns
NTCA made its case to key FCC officials for addressing rural telco subsidy concerns. "Key universal service priorities for early 2017" include "the negative impacts of continuing" USF "budget shortfalls on the availability and affordability of broadband for consumers and…
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businesses in rural America, the chilling impact on broadband investment of uncertainty arising out of the new capital investment allowance, and the adverse implications for rural consumers associated with escalating local voice rates pursuant to the rate floor policy," said a filing in docket 10-90 Wednesday on meetings with aides to Chairman Ajit Pai and with Commissioner Mike O'Rielly and an aide.