The National Exchange Carrier Association proposed modifications to...
The National Exchange Carrier Association proposed modifications to the formula used to calculate interstate USF high-cost loop (HCL) expense adjustments for average schedule companies (http://bit.ly/153xRIo). The formula and associated cost per loop values would govern HCL payments in 2014. Annual…
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payments under the proposed formula would total about $13.7 million, payable to 224 average schedule study areas in 2014, NECA said. That’s a decrease of about $300,000, or 2.1 percent, compared to current payments. This portion of USF payouts is small, because average schedule companies generally have costs between 115-150 percent of the capped National Average Cost per Loop, “and thus receive support compensating for only a minor portion of their loop costs,” NECA said.