FCC Releases Results of Urban Rate Survey for Fixed Voice, Broadband
The FCC issued the results of its urban rate survey for fixed voice and broadband. The Wireline Bureau "announces the 2016 rate floor for incumbent eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) and reasonable comparability benchmarks for fixed voice and broadband services," said…
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a public notice Tuesday in docket 10-90. "We announce the posting of the fixed voice and broadband services data collected in the most recent urban rate survey, and explanatory notes regarding the data, on the Commission’s website at http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/urban-rate-survey-data. The Bureau also announces the required minimum usage allowance for 2016 for ETCs subject to broadband public interest obligations." The 2016 monthly rate floor for voice is $21.93 and the voice reasonable comparability benchmark is $41.07, while the broadband reasonable comparability benchmark varies from $69.14 to $89.24 per month depending on speeds and usage allowances, it said. For simplicity's sake, the bureau required price-cap carriers receiving model-based Connect America Fund Phase II support to allow customers at least 150 GB of monthly data usage.