The FCC Wireline Bureau denied a...
The FCC Wireline Bureau denied a petition from Sandwich Isles Communications for a waiver of certain USF and intercarrier compensation rules, said a Friday order signed by bureau Chief Julie Veach (http://bit.ly/15VqdVZ). The company “failed to show good cause for a waiver at this time,” the bureau said. A waiver would “allow it to retain a number of significant and wasteful expenses, totaling many millions of dollars, including significant payments to a number of affiliated and closely-related companies,” the order said. “Indeed, Sandwich Isles’ corporate expenses are 623 percent greater than the average for companies of similar size with the highest corporate operations expenses.” The company could restructure its operations and file a new waiver petition, the bureau said. Sandwich Isles had asked for a 10-year waiver of the FCC’s $250 per line per month cap on high-cost universal service support, the bureau said.
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