The “clock has stopped” on the FCC’s 45-day review period...
The “clock has stopped” on the FCC’s 45-day review period of Sandwich Isle Communications’ petition for waiver of certain universal service support rules while the Wireline Bureau waits for more detailed financial information, bureau Chief Sharon Gillett said in a…
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letter Tuesday (http://xrl.us/bmx5gp). The Universal Service Fund/intercarrier compensation order implemented a prioritized 45-day review process of waiver petitions filed by providers serving tribal lands and insular areas. The Hawaiian telco in December filed a petition for waiver of section 54.302 of the commission’s rules, implemented as part of the USF/intercarrier comp order, establishing a total limit on high-cost universal service support of $250 per line per month beginning July 1. The bureau stopped the clock to request additional details on capital leases, payments and payables to affiliates, plant-specific expense, network operations expense, non-regulated income, and employee compensation. The bureau also seeks an explanation of Sandwich Isle’s past and expected growth, to determine whether the telco’s expected additional expenses are “reasonable.” Third parties will have an opportunity to comment on the new details, Gillett said.