CPUC Weighs Refund to AT&T for Overpaying State USF Fees
The California Public Utilities Commission is weighing a nearly $1 million refund to AT&T for erroneous contributions to state USF and other programs based on intrastate text-messaging and prepaid data revenue. Commissioners may vote March 14 on a proposed resolution…
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to refund the carrier. AT&T notified the CPUC in January 2016 that it overpaid January 2013-September 2015, arguing that assessing text and prepaid data revenue violated federal law. The CPUC said refunds would be limited to one year before AT&T’s notification. The agency ruled in January it wouldn’t assess surcharges on text-message revenue (see 1901310023).