Overbuilding in rural areas could effectively result in one USF...
Overbuilding in rural areas could effectively result in one USF program -- the Rural Health Care Program -- imperiling already-existing infrastructure deployed through the high-cost program, NTCA told FCC Wireline Bureau officials Thursday, an ex parte filing said (http://xrl.us/bn5bue). If…
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infrastructure support is provided under the Rural Health Care Program, the commission should “adopt a careful process to protect against overbuilding,” with sufficient notice and comment opportunities for parties to indicate whether existing networks can satisfy the needs of an applicant, “in lieu of self-provisioning infrastructure,” NTCA said. The association also cautioned against letting anticipated revenues from excess capacity satisfy contribution requirements.