Connect America Phase I support must be used only to...
Connect America Phase I support must be used only to provide an immediate boost to broadband deployment in areas unserved by any broadband provider, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association and the American Cable Association told aides to FCC Commissioners…
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Mignon Clyburn and Robert McDowell (http://xrl.us/bm4h86). The FCC should “reject attempts by the price cap LECs to expand CAF Phase I support beyond this objective,” the cable associations said. The Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance, CenturyLink, Frontier and Windstream proposed last month that the FCC expand eligibility for incremental support funding to include partially served census blocks (CD March 8 p10). The cable groups also urged the commission to reject a recent ex parte request that it permit a price cap LEC to get Phase I support in areas where higher-speed broadband service is not yet offered. The commission should “refrain from agreeing to this mission creep,” the cable groups said, arguing that request was best dealt with in Phase II.