Consumers Want High Capacity Broadband Without Voice, Nex-Tech CEO Says
Customers he sees want high-capacity wireline broadband service but “are far less interested in retaining their traditional wired voice service,” said Jimmy Todd, CEO of Nex-Tech of Lenora, Kansas, in a meeting with FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly. The absence of…
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a data connection service plan mechanism “imposes a substantial hardship upon customers who want to take broadband service, but want to use wireless or voice over Internet Protocol technology for their voice service,” Todd said. “The current universal service rules preclude support for the same facilities that were serving the customer before he or she terminated voice service.” The filing in docket 01-92 was made by WTA, Advocates for Rural Broadband, which also sent representatives to the meeting with O'Rielly.