FairPoint Seeks FCC USF/ICC Change To Recover $4.2 Million Annually
FairPoint Communications asked the FCC to allow it to recover $4.2 million in annual costs that it said it currently couldn't under USF and intercarrier compensation (ICC) transformation rules. FairPoint, which receives USF support as a price-cap telco but is…
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regulated as a rate-of-return carrier under the ICC transition, is the only telco being penalized by the rules, which were designed to prevent duplicate recovery, the company said in a petition for declaratory ruling Thursday in dockets 10-90 and 01-92. "There is no duplicate recovery," FairPoint said, but it's only receiving part of what it is due. "FairPoint should not be paid twice for the funding formerly received as [local switching support], but it should be paid once."