The FCC should proceed cautiously in establishing a more elaborate...
The FCC should proceed cautiously in establishing a more elaborate Connect America Fund Phase I support program because it was designed to be only a limited, interim program to be used until the Phase II cost model could be worked…
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out, the American Cable Association told Wireline Bureau officials Wednesday (http://bit.ly/13AY989). The commission should change the rules only if it has evidence they are “so restrictive or arbitrary” that they do not meet the objectives for the program, ACA said. The commission need not increase the amount of support per location, or establish a new second-mile fiber component to the program, ACA said. ACA proposed that price cap LECs first be required to serve lower-cost unserved locations with up to 768 downstream/200 upstream kbps, before deploying broadband to areas that see less than 4/1 Mbps broadband. “Under ACA’s proposal each price cap LEC will now have more than a sufficient number of lower cost unserved locations,” the association said. ACA also cautioned about ILECs that might game the system by returning support they accepted in 2012, and then reclaiming the support in 2013 for use “under more lenient amended rules."