CenturyLink, Frontier, Windstream and the Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance...
CenturyLink, Frontier, Windstream and the Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance proposed modifications to the Connect America Fund Phase I incremental support mechanism (http://xrl.us/bmxeke). Because of problems with eligibility criteria, many unserved consumers are “precluded from the benefits of this program,”…
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their letter said. To remedy the situation, they proposed certain modifications: In census blocks where an incumbent LEC is the only fixed broadband provider, it should be permitted to use Phase I support to serve locations it doesn’t currently serve; in census blocks identified on the National Broadband Map as “partially-served,” Phase I support recipients should be permitted to use their support to deploy broadband. Recipients should provide a written certification indicating the areas they planned to serve, the letter said. Combined with reform that replaces the $775 per served location deployment requirement with an “appropriately targeted accountability mechanism,” the benefits to consumers would be “greatly increased,” the letter said.