State regulator Larry Landis is still worried about the FCC’s...
State regulator Larry Landis is still worried about the FCC’s quantile regression analysis, the method by which the FCC determines telcos’ high-cost support. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commissioner told FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel in a Tuesday letter (http://xrl.us/bn54am) that he…
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fears the analysis “unnecessarily places too many rural carriers on a trajectory toward severe financial hardship that will result in some carriers being unable to continue to provide telecommunication service to the extent their rural customers deserve and have come to expect, or worse still, being unable to provide service at all.” Landis was responsible for the summer National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners resolution (CD July 25 p8) slamming the method and calling for its suspension. He fears “irreparable harm in rural communities” and hopes for “increased collaboration” between the FCC and states to resolve any concerns, his letter said.