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Assessing USF contributions on special access services bought by competitive...

Assessing USF contributions on special access services bought by competitive LECs and used as an input to downstream retail broadband Internet access services violates the principle of competitive neutrality, tw telecom told an aide to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, an…

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ex parte filing said (http://xrl.us/bnk4x7). That’s because no USF contribution is assessed where a firm provides broadband Internet access using its own facilities or unbundled network elements, the telco said. The commission could fix this discriminatory treatment by permitting wholesalers to rely on certifications from their wholesale customers on a company-by-company basis, tw telecom said.