FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski circulated a draft fourth USF and intercarrier...
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski circulated a draft fourth USF and intercarrier compensation reconsideration order, addressing how waivers will be handled by the agency. The standard set in the original order was more focused on consumer issues and loss of voice…
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service, a commission official said. The order adjusts the standard to take broadband into account, since broadband was the major focus of October’s landmark USF/intercarrier comp reform order. The Wireline Bureau also plans to issue in the next few days an order providing some relief for one of the five rate-of-return carriers that have sought a waiver of the $3,000 annual per-line support limit imposed by the October order, the official said. The bureau is likely to grant relief to one or two of the other waiver applicants as well, the official said.