Representatives of the Rural Iowa Independent Telephone Association...
Representatives of the Rural Iowa Independent Telephone Association met with aides to each FCC commissioner Tuesday to discuss the impacts of the 2011 USF/intercarrier compensation order on Iowa rural independent telephone companies and their customers; Section 54.313 eligible telecom carrier…
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reporting requirements; and rural call termination problems. Adjusting to the impacts of the order “has become a fight for survival for Iowa RLECs,” the association representatives said in an attached slide presentation. RIITA members have much to add to the commission’s “data-driven” analysis of the impacts of the reforms, they said: data on harm to rural economies; the need to hire more accounting staff to deal with reporting requirements; and the accelerated customer churn due to necessary rate increases. The uncertainty caused by the quantile regression formula has frustrated the broadband adoption goals of Section 706, the association said. Members have also seen local businesses suffer as a result of call termination problems, RIITA said: The Iowa Utilities Board is investigating a complaint filed by a medical clinic that was unable to receive urgent calls and faxes.