Pai Says He Looks Forward to Hearing O'Rielly's Ideas, Any Proposals on USF Budget
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai invited Commissioner Mike O'Rielly's ideas and proposals on the USF budget and rural telco funding. Pai responded Wednesday to our questions after speaking at a rural broadband event at the Department of Agriculture (see 1804180023), including…
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about O'Rielly's recent suggestions at an NTCA conference that rural telco high-cost USF support could be increased somewhat (see 1804160043). While Pai said he hadn't read about O'Rielly's comments, he looks forward to hearing more about his colleague's ideas and any specific proposals. O’Rielly’s office didn’t comment Wednesday but noted he's scheduled to speak at the American Enterprise Institute Thursday. In a statement on a recent rural USF order and notice, O'Rielly voiced interest in setting an overall USF budget and concern about aspects of the notice, particularly the possible removal of capital and operating expense limits (see 1803230025).