NTCA executives met with new FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai on...
NTCA executives met with new FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai on Friday to discuss NTCA’s member companies and the rural nature of the areas they serve, in the context of ongoing efforts to implement universal service and intercarrier compensation reform, according…
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to an ex parte filing (http://xrl.us/bm8x38). The association executives also discussed the results of a recent call completion test that found failures on calls to rural areas were 13 times higher than those to non-rural areas. NTCA leaders also spoke with an adviser to Commissioner Robert McDowell regarding the regression caps on universal service support (http://xrl.us/bm8x4r). The caps “cannot serve as meaningful guideposts” for operating efficiency or prudent investment, given that the caps frequently “shift beneath and among carriers."