Arizona ISPs Support Broadband Funding for Rural Schools, With Limits
ISPs supported an effort to spread broadband to Arizona rural schools through the state USF but urged the Arizona Corporation Commission to place limits on how money is used and how much is collected. The ACC held a workshop on…
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the initiative last month (see 1701300033). “This initiative should target rural areas [and] should be of limited duration and for a limited amount, and should limit support to commercially-provisioned, finished services,” CenturyLink commented Tuesday in docket RT-00000H-97-0137. Cox said the program should be limited to last-mile projects and not support overbuilding where another carrier has facilities. Cox and CenturyLink agreed the program shouldn't fund dark fiber. AT&T supported CenturyLink and Cox in proposing to cap the rural schools broadband fund at $8 million. Cox and AT&T said the ACC should limit collection of the funds for one year, while CenturyLink proposed two years.