The FCC can hand Universal Service Funds to non-Title II...
The FCC can hand Universal Service Funds to non-Title II services, Public Knowledge said in a meeting with FCC officials. “While it continues to believe that the best legal framework to support USF for broadband is Title II, the theories…
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articulated by the Commission in its NPRM … can provide adequate authority to direct funds to providers of information services,” the group said in an ex parte notice posted on docket 10-90 and published on the commission’s website Wednesday. Public Knowledge argued that the FCC ought to set a Universal Service Fund goal of 100 percent broadband penetration. “In particular, PK discussed its proposal that fund recipients be required to provide interconnection points to allow unserved communities to provision their own broadband service,” the group said of its Tuesday meeting. “Under this self-provisioning model, communities that would be otherwise unserved have the option of deploying a network suitable to local conditions, gaining connectivity from a nearby USF recipient.” The group urged the commission to consider one-time grants for equipment. But Public Knowledge “also argued that metrics other than speed” be considered in reforms. “For instance, some providers (such as many satellite broadband operators) only offer service with restrictive network management practices and usage caps,” the group said.