The FCC Wireline Bureau seeks comment on several “threshold decisions”...
The FCC Wireline Bureau seeks comment on several “threshold decisions” regarding the design of the forward-looking cost model for Phase II of the Connect America Fund, which will provide ongoing support to areas served by price-cap carriers, said a public…
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notice released late Friday (http://xrl.us/bnbhde). The goal is to extend broadband to millions of unserved locations over a five-year period. The bureau seeks input on a wide range of issues, such as whether the model should presume “green-field or brown-field deployment”; whether it should estimate costs based on fiber-to-the-premises or DSL technology; how to distribute shared network costs; whether to calculate support to partially-served areas or to wholly unserved areas; and how to identify areas with costs that are outside the range required to receive Phase II support. The bureau said it’s “particularly interested in understanding how specific choices impact the model with respect to (1) precision (i.e., the granularity of the model at a geographic or other level); (2) accuracy (aligning modeled costs with the forward-looking costs of an efficient provider); (3) simplicity (reducing the computational complexity); (4) accessibility (ease with which the public can evaluate and comment on the model); (5) administrative feasibility (the burden on carriers, the Commission, or other interested parties and the time necessary to implement), and (6) the cost of implementation.” Comments are due July 9 in docket 10-90, replies July 23.