Christine Aarnes, chief of telecom of the Kansas Corporation Commission, recommended...
Christine Aarnes, chief of telecom of the Kansas Corporation Commission, recommended the commission deny Verizon’s petition to amend the eligible telecommunications carrier designation held by Alltel to reflect Verizon as the ETC in Kansas for federal USF support, a filing…
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(Docket No. 11-CELZ-176-ETC) with the commission said. Granting the petition would cost millions of dollars in high-cost support that could otherwise be invested in telecom infrastructure in the state, she said. Many common carriers are affiliated with other carriers that operate within the state but the commission has neither received nor granted a blanket request for such designation, she said.