ATN Lobbies Pai, Others to Channel USF Fixed Support to US Virgin Islands Through Viya
ATN International told FCC leadership the best way to help the U.S. Virgin Islands through stage 2 fixed-service USF support for hurricane recovery is through its subsidiary Viya (see 1811080024), the sole ILEC "charged with serving the USVI in its…
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entirety as the last resort and the sole operator of a Territory-wide wireline broadband network." USF support must be "sufficient and stable" in the "USVI where the costs of providing service are high and the economic conditions are challenging," ATN wrote of CEO Michael Prior and others' meetings with Chairman Ajit Pai, Commissioner Brendan Carr and aides to all four commissioners, posted Friday in docket 18-143.