Rural Telcos Support Utah USF Changes
The Utah Rural Telecom Association supported state USF changes in comments Thursday at the Public Service Commission. Draft rules may take effect Jan. 1 (see 2111150065). One proposed change to establish an $18 per line monthly broadband subsidy for low-income…
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customers “will have a significant positive impact on the affordability of broadband in rural Utah,” the association said in docket 21-R008-04. Setting a standard $25 per line monthly rate to be imputed to rate-of-return regulated providers for wholesale consumer broadband-only loops, up from the current weighted average rate of $8.97, will ensure consistency among rate-of-return carriers and help preserve Utah USF, it said.