Officials from USTelecom, AT&T, Verizon, Windstream and CenturyLink...
Officials from USTelecom, AT&T, Verizon, Windstream and CenturyLink met with FCC staff Tuesday to discuss the advantages of adopting a greenfield modeling platform based on a “scorched node approach” for Phase II of the Connect America Fund, an ex parte…
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filing said (http://bit.ly/ZHSxVW). Generally, a greenfield approach estimates the full cost of constructing and operating a network from scratch, whereas a brownfield approach takes into account the existing infrastructure (CD Jan 16 p3). Adopting a greenfield model “will produce a levelized flow of support for providing voice and broadband in high-cost areas over an appropriate time period,” the ILECs said. They also urged internal consistency in the sizing of facilities and estimates of usage, and discussed the merits of using GeoResults data for customer locations and distributing remaining locations randomly along roads.