Frontier Communications sought reconsideration of the FCC Wireline...
Frontier Communications sought reconsideration of the FCC Wireline Bureau’s July 1 order on its waiver petition on USF rules. The bureau had declined Frontier’s request to use a weighted average of local rates to determine if local rates meet the…
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FCC’s rate floor requirement. Frontier will “bear losses of high-cost support contrary to the purpose of the rule, given the history of West Virginia local rate setting and Frontier’s high basic flat-rate local plan, and to the detriment of Frontier’s customers in West Virginia,” the telco said Tuesday (http://bit.ly/1eqqhMg), calling the bureau’s decision flawed. It described and defended its many calling plans in West Virginia and criticized the FCC’s interpretation of the setup.