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The FCC is seeking comment on a declaratory ruling to...

The FCC is seeking comment on a declaratory ruling to clarify some aspects of the commission’s “lowest corresponding price” rule for the E-rate program. USTelecom and CTIA, the petitioners, are asking the commission to clarify that the rule “applies only…

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to competitive bids submitted by a provider in response to a Form 470,” and that “there are no specific procedures that a service provider must use to ensure compliance” with the rule, the FCC said in a public notice. The current rule doesn’t allow service providers to charge schools or libraries “a price above the lowest corresponding price for supported services,” unless the commission finds that the lowest corresponding price isn’t compensatory. Comments can be filed by May 14, and replies by June 1, the commission said.