The standard for relief for waivers from new USF rules...
The standard for relief for waivers from new USF rules should be tied to whether a company can repay its Rural Utilities Service loans and complete construction of wireline broadband systems, not whether voice service will be lost, the Rural…
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Iowa Independent Telephone Association told FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai and aides to Commissioners Robert McDowell and Jessica Rosenworcel in a series of meetings last week (http://xrl.us/bncvd3). The FCC’s reforms have “heightened the climate of uncertainty and have placed a chilling effect on new investments,” RIITA said. The shift of cost recovery to rural customers will burden consumers and result in further loss of access lines, they said.