The FCC must implement Phase II of its...
The FCC must implement Phase II of its Connect America Fund program in 2014 if it wants to accomplish its goal of ensuring rural America is connected to modern broadband networks, officials from USTelecom, AT&T, CenturyLink, FairPoint and Alaska Communication…
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Systems told an aide to Chairman Tom Wheeler Jan. 9, an ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/1cqh0lP). The commission’s current cost model, “as a result of substantial public input through workshops and multiple rounds of comments, appears to produce generally reliable results,” the groups said. The commission should quickly finalize the cost model and begin a challenge process to determine where support will be allocated, they said. The groups also asked the commission to resolve other “key” issues early this year, such as redefining eligible telecom carrier obligations to reflect CAF Phase II’s targeting of support to “discrete geographic areas” rather than on a broad study area basis. They also asked the FCC to specify the “precise nature of any obligation to provide levels of broadband service other than at the 4/1 Mbps level."