Arkansas Sens. Mark Pryor (D) and John Boozman (R) have asked the...
Arkansas Sens. Mark Pryor (D) and John Boozman (R) have asked the FCC to delay implementation of the USF/intercarrier compensation order until rural providers can determine the full impact of the proposed reforms on their future business and investment plans,…
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according to a letter sent Thursday to Chairman Julius Genachowski. “Changes to the Universal Service Fund must be balanced, ensure regulatory certainty, provide predictable support, and encourage further public and private investment in rural areas,” they wrote, saying many small service providers in Arkansas are concerned the commission is moving too fast in its implementation. Rural lenders and service providers have told the senators that “no meaningful broadband access will be deployed in 2012 due to regulatory uncertainty,” they wrote. The senators encouraged Genachowski to “send a representative from the Wireline Bureau to Arkansas before the proposed reforms are finalized” to “see first-hand the unique needs and challenges that rural areas like Arkansas face and communicate with the people that will be directly impacted by the Commission’s proposed reforms."