WTA Urges FCC to Shore up Existing RoR USF Support First; Hargray Cites 7-Year Loan Terms
The FCC should fully fund model-based and cost-based rate-of-return USF mechanisms before considering a second Alternative Connect America Cost Model (ACAM) offer with new demands, said WTA in meetings with aides to Chairman Ajit Pai and Wireline Bureau staffers, posted…
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Friday in docket 10-90 (here, here). The RLEC group also discussed "implementation and technical and economic feasibility of potential changes to associated broadband build-out obligations" and "potential impact of the growth of Customer Broadband Only Line ('CBOL') services upon cost-based RoR budgets and budget control." Hargray Communications urged adoption of consensus RoR budget hike proposals from NTCA, USTelecom, ITTA and WTA (see 1810010045). "Current funding uncertainty is deterring investment" that could help close the digital divide, it said on a discussion with bureau staffers. It opposed "arbitrary reductions" in support for seven years, "the term of many commercial loans."