NTCA Lobbies Clyburn on Addressing USF Budget 'Insufficiency,' 2 Targeted Issues
NTCA urged FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn to help remedy "the insufficiency" of high-cost USF budgets, which is "resulting in fewer locations being reached with better broadband," and rural broadband rates "that are materially higher" than urban rates. The rural telco…
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group also sought urgent action on two targeted issues, "the need for a technical correction to or clarification of the Capital Investment Allowance adopted in last year’s reforms" and "the continuing adverse effects upon consumers arising out of application of the 'rate floor' policy," said an NTCA filing posted Monday in docket 10-90 on a meeting its CEO Shirley Bloomfield and Senior Vice President Michael Romano had with Clyburn and an aide.