Regression analysis-based caps on USF support for high-cost capital and...
Regression analysis-based caps on USF support for high-cost capital and operational expenses are already having “significant adverse effects,” even under the phased-in transition plan, representatives of The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association and Tri-County Telephone told an aide to FCC Commissioner…
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Ajit Pai Monday, an ex parte filing said (http://xrl.us/bnh62p). Business planning efforts and employee retention are being hampered, and Tri-County has had to make “trade-offs” between deploying upgraded network facilities and streamlining operations, they said. The filing asked the commission to suspend the caps and conduct testing “to confirm or deny their volatility or even their validity."