The Alaska Rural Coalition (ARC) is concerned about the uncertainty...
The Alaska Rural Coalition (ARC) is concerned about the uncertainty of funding mechanisms facing rate-of-return companies in Alaska, ARC representatives told the FCC Wireline Bureau and an aide to Chairman Julius Genachowski Wednesday, an ex parte filing said (http://xrl.us/bnyugs). ARC…
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is concerned that sustainable funding be established for Alaskan eligible telecom carriers, and thinks the commission shouldn’t rely on a regression analysis to determine support levels, it said. The ARC also expressed concern that the CostQuest Associates Broadband Analysis Tool model not be expanded to rate-of-return carriers, “given that it was designed by Price Cap Carriers for Price Cap Carriers."