FCC Issues new Rural Broadband Cost Model, Sets April 28 Challenge Deadline
The new version of the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM, v2.2) incorporates inputs and changes from the FCC's recent rate-of-return USF overhaul order (see 1603300065), said a Wireline Bureau public notice Friday in the Daily Digest, posted in docket…
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10-90. The bureau released illustrative results showing support amounts for carriers to assist their decisions on whether to opt in to the model-based support, but it said the model hasn't been finalized. The PN invited unsubsidized rural telco competitors to update information on their broadband-oriented deployments, which can be used to deny incumbent carriers new Connect America Fund support. Comments challenging competitor coverage data are due April 28.