37 RoR Carriers Pick Incentive Regulation, Wireline Bureau Says
Among the 37 rate-of-return carriers choosing incentive regulation beginning July 1 for lower-speed business data services TDM transport and end-user channel termination services are Accipiter Communications, ComSouth, Consolidated Communications, Hanson Communications and Otelco, said an FCC Wireline Bureau public notice…
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Thursday on docket 17-144. The 37 telcos serving 88 study areas in 29 states had told the bureau of their choice, under a rate-of-return BDS order, the PN said. RoR providers getting model-based or other fixed high-cost USF support can move BDS offerings to incentive regulation effective July 1, 2020, by telling the National Exchange Carrier Association by March 1 and the bureau by May 1, the PN said.