The South Park Telephone Co. is seeking a waiver of...
The South Park Telephone Co. is seeking a waiver of two USF rules, it told the FCC in a petition posted Monday (http://xrl.us/bn4tfx). The Colorado telco wants a waiver of the $250 per line monthly cap on federal support, and…
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the limitation of high-cost loop support for reimbursable capital and operating costs. South Park serves a “large, low-density, mountainous” area of about 600 square miles, with no cities or towns that would mitigate its average cost per loop, it said. The territory’s “extensive size and rugged terrain” lead to higher construction and maintenance costs due to “poor road infrastructure, extreme weather, and the long distances required to reach different parts of the network for installation and repairs,” South Park said. Without a waiver, “all communication services” in the telco’s service area would be discontinued, it said.