Constraints in the rules for price cap carriers may have...
Constraints in the rules for price cap carriers may have the unintended consequence of indefinitely delaying broadband capital expenditures in unserved and underserved areas, the Telecommunications Industry Association said in a letter to the FCC (http://xrl.us/bmzs8i). The commission should reconsider…
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its “one location per $775” Phase I deployment requirement, and replace it with more targeted performance obligations, wrote TIA President Grant Seiffert. “As the actual cost of deployment to still-unserved areas is likely to be well above $775 per location in most cases, this seems likely to undercut the Commission’s broadband deployment objectives,” TIA said.