Alaska Communications Systems is concerned that the Connect...
Alaska Communications Systems is concerned that the Connect America cost model under development by the FCC Wireline Bureau “dramatically understates the cost of construction and operation of broadband-capable networks in the Alaska price cap territories served by ACS,” it told…
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FCC Wireline Bureau officials Friday, an ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/1aDaHzo). The commission’s proposed requirement of five years to extend broadband to 100 percent of eligible locations in the state is not workable, ACS said, “as it fails to account for the unusually short construction season and limited labor pool in the state.” ACS requested a 10-year build out period. Alaska has the lowest population density of all U.S. states, with 1.2 residents per square mile, ACS said in a presentation to staff (http://bit.ly/1aDb7pm).