The FCC lacks “clear authority” to require standalone fixed broadband...
The FCC lacks “clear authority” to require standalone fixed broadband providers to contribute to the USF, the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association said in comments filed at the FCC, in response to a further rulemaking notice. “While commenters offer claims…
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of dubious legal authority and purported policy benefits for such a proposal, what remains is that standalone providers are, at present, legally prohibited from receiving any USF subsidies and the proposal could require such providers to subsidize direct broadband competitors,” WISPA said (http://xrl.us/bnkku5).