Telcos Ask FCC to Adopt 'Consensus' Plan for RLEC USF Hike, Inflation Factor
Telco groups urged the FCC to approve their plan to raise the rural carrier USF budget to at least $2.4 billion for 2018, plus $200 million already committed to the current Alternative Connect America Model Program, said a letter Monday…
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in docket 10-90 from ITTA, NTCA, USTelecom and WTA. "A portion of the budget should be provided to current A-CAM plan participants to enable them to receive support at the level initially offered to them in 2016 (i.e. $200/month per location)." They also proposed an "inflation factor," "baseline funding" that eliminates the need for a support "floor," and no new model-based offers until the existing mechanisms are "sufficiently funded." It's a "collaborative approach to building consensus around a set of shared proposals that, if adopted, will establish predictable USF funding," said Lynn Follansbee, USTelecom vice president-law and policy. "We hope the Commission moves quickly toward finalizing reforms.” Pai said Monday he plans a draft order on model-based RLEC business data services for the Oct. 23 commissioners' meeting (see 1810010027).