The FCC should provide support for loops used...
The FCC should provide support for loops used to provide standalone broadband services, NTCA, the South Dakota Telecommunications Association, Venture and Golden West told aides to commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Jessica Rosenworcel Tuesday (http://bit.ly/ZTnnI1). The commission “clearly grasped” the need…
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to update its rules in the USF/intercarrier compensation order, and took steps to implement the policy for larger carriers via the Connect America Fund, the groups’ ex parte filing said. But “this unmistakably clear, forward-looking vision in the text” of the order “did not carry through as a mechanical matter to the specific rules that govern distribution of universal service support for smaller carriers,” it said. The groups also warned of the “cumulative effect” of reporting requirements on small service providers, which takes up significant employee time toward administrative reporting rather than service delivery, they said. Accountability is important, but small carriers often can’t bear the burden, they said. The groups also said rural call completion issues still persist. The Enforcement Bureau should “take prompt action to sanction publicly and forcefully” parties that don’t route calls properly, they said. In a related meeting Monday with Commissioner Ajit Pai, NTCA urged the commission to act on a long-pending reconsideration petition regarding the “flash-cut elimination” of Safety Net Additive support for those that had previously qualified (http://bit.ly/1204VPo).