FCC Authorizes 175 RLECs to Receive $36 Million in Additional Model-Based Support
The FCC approved 175 rate-of-return telcos to get $36 million more in annual USF support, cumulatively, under an Alternative Connect America Cost Model, in exchange for extending broadband to additional locations, said a Wireline Bureau public notice in docket 10-90…
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in Monday's Daily Digest. The RLECs accepted 210 of 217 state-level revised offers of model-based support made by the bureau implementing a March order (see 1805080028 and 1803230025). An accompanying report showed the revised amounts and deployment duties of carriers.