The FCC needs to find a near-term solution to make...
The FCC needs to find a near-term solution to make USF support available to rural LECs for broadband-capable networks even where a consumer chooses not to take voice service, NTCA told an FCC Wireline Bureau official Friday, an ex parte…
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filing said (http://bit.ly/Yn7A33). Rules denying USF support for broadband-capable networks in high-cost areas based solely upon a rural customer’s choice to purchase only broadband “significantly undermine consumer freedom of choice and inhibit technological evolution,” NTCA said. The commission should “complete the transition it has already adopted on the face of the November 2011 order -- and thereby facilitate technological evolution -- through simple and straightforward technical fixes to existing rules that would implement this vision for consumers in areas served by RLECs,” NTCA said.