There are inherent uncertainties and inequities in applying annually variable...
There are inherent uncertainties and inequities in applying annually variable benchmarks to capital investment projects that can last more than 20 years, the Western Telecommunications Alliance told advisers to FCC commissioners Ajit Pai and Jessica Rosenworcel Thursday, according to ex…
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parte filings (http://xrl.us/bng28f). WTA met with the advisers to discuss the “unpredictability and other defects” of the Wireline Bureau’s quantile regression analysis benchmarks and the adverse impacts they have upon infrastructure investment projects and plans of WTA’s rural telco members. WTA also discussed with Rosenworcel’s aide concerns regarding recent changes to the intercarrier compensation rules. As the commission moves toward a “bill-and-keep” system, it “destroys the incentive for other carriers and service providers to negotiate alternative interconnection arrangements that would require them to pay something (such as port and link charges) for their use of ‘last mile’ networks,” WTA said.