The Rural Utilities Service should halt its broadband loan program...
The Rural Utilities Service should halt its broadband loan program while the FCC is overhauling the universal service system, said a study sponsored by NCTA. “By tying RUS loans directly to USF support, RUS effectively creates a vicious circle: The…
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more a firm invests in inefficient infrastructure, the more it gets in USF support; the more it gets in USF support, the more it can qualify for in RUS loans; the more it can qualify for in RUS loans, the more it can invest; and, the more it invests, the more it gets in USF support,” said study author Jeffrey Eisenach of Navigant Economics. Efforts to reach officials at RUS for response were unsuccessful.