More Texas companies want money from the state’s USF...
More Texas companies want money from the state’s USF to make up for federal high-cost support lost due to the FCC November 2011 USF order. The Texas Public Utility Commission issued two notices Wednesday noting requests from Alenco Communications and…
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West Texas Rural Telephone co-op. The PUC granted a similar request to Hill Country co-op this spring after a lengthy proceeding that began last fall, which inspired other Texas telcos to follow suit (CD April 4 p5). Alenco wants $146,049 (http://bit.ly/11e1gRt) and West Texas (http://bit.ly/18Bpp6m) wants $173,069 to replace lost revenue in 2012, according to the notices. Neither request involves any rate increases. The notices said there will be an opportunity to comment and intervene on the requests.