Puerto Rico Telephone Asks FCC to Provide $200 Million in Emergency USF Support
Puerto Rico Telephone Co. asked the FCC to provide $200 million in emergency USF support to help restore telecom services disrupted by hurricanes Irma and Maria. "Although the FCC has taken considerable actions to accommodate universal service in rural areas…
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of the country, no similar attention has been paid to insular areas," said a petition posted Friday in docket 10-90. "PRTC requests that the Commission create a $200 million emergency Universal Service Fund designated to facilitate restoration of service in insular areas by eligible telecommunications carriers ('ETCs') in Puerto Rico."