Wyoming isn’t easily to meet the FCC’s requirement that high-cost...
Wyoming isn’t easily to meet the FCC’s requirement that high-cost support recipients annually self-certify “that pricing of their voice services is no more than two standard deviations above the national average urban rate,” the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) told…
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the FCC, echoing multiple parties from the state. NECA conducted analysis that supports earlier petitions of the Wyoming Public Service Commission and Wyoming Telecom Association, it said Wednesday in an ex parte notice (http://xrl.us/bn27od). The price level within two standard deviations is $27, the state organizations told the FCC in December 2011. “All 5 RLEC [rural local exchange carrier] study areas in Wyoming have at least one exchange with a local rate in excess of $27,” NECA said. “In total, 77 exchanges representing 93% of all RLEC exchanges within the state of Wyoming have local rates exceeding $27.” The problem affects as many as 34 states, according to NECA. It questioned whether urban and rural residential voice service rates should be compared and encouraged alternative methods apply to such high-cost recipients. “The Commission should allow carriers to self-certify their local residential voice service rates and rate structures are at or below the rates approved or allowed to take effect by their state commission, or otherwise authorized under state law,” NECA said.