NARUC Draft Seeks EBB Extension, Lifeline Revisions
The FCC and Universal Service Administrative Co. should seek additional funding to extend the emergency broadband benefit program “for as long as necessary,” or at least until Lifeline reimbursement is increased, said a draft resolution to be considered by NARUC…
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during its July 18-21 meeting. The draft recommends Congress phase out the program’s bypass of the state eligible telecom carrier designation process and the FCC address problems with enrolling eligible households through the national verifier. The draft also seeks Lifeline revisions. Also under consideration is a broadband expansion task force recommendation to prioritize areas with less than 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps up (see 2106250048). It more participation in NTIA initiatives and the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service. It recommends a “centralized database of carriers” that don't meet USF obligations, and regularly testing network speed, latency and reliability for carriers receiving federal or state funding. NARUC will consider whether to urge the FCC to make the EBB program more permanent, as well as a resolution backing the California Public Utilities Commission’s petition to reconsider the confidentiality of filings in the network outage and disaster information reporting systems. NARUC’s telecom panel unanimously supported the CPUC's petition in November (see 2011100033). The FCC didn’t comment Wednesday.