FCC Allows 3 RLECs in Deals to Alter Access Rates in NECA Tariff to Improve Productivity
The FCC authorized three rural telcos to modify "capped switched access charge rates to utilize different Rate Bands in the National Exchange Carrier Association tariff to efficiently implement mergers and consolidation." Butler-Bremer Mutual Telephone, Panora Communications Cooperative and Prairie Telephone…
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were given waivers by a Wireline Bureau order in docket 10-90 in Tuesday's Daily Digest. It said the waivers would promote company productivity and cost savings that benefit consumers and encourage broadband deployment. The order denied Panora and Prairie’s request to waive an imputation rule: "By deciding to merge prior to receiving this waiver, the two companies voluntarily reduced the rate assessed on local switching in the Prairie exchange. ... Panora and Prairie must impute the local switching rate for the Prairie traffic at the higher rate from April 1, 2015, the date the merger was closed, to the effective date of this Order."