FCC Finds No RLECs Face 100% Unsubsidized Competitive Overlap Triggering USF Phaseout
The FCC concluded no rural telcos faced unsubsidized competition throughout their areas despite preliminary findings that 13 RLECs "potentially" were subject to complete competitive overlap that would trigger a phaseout of high-cost USF support (see 1708110049). Filed comments and replies…
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(see 1710110024) "did not provide evidence to confirm that any of the 13 study areas preliminarily identified were in fact 100 percent served by unsubsidized broadband competitors," said a Wireline Bureau public notice Thursday in docket 10-90. "Therefore, we find that none of the study areas in our list meets the 100 percent overlap requirements." The bureau said it would do a new biennial review in 2019.