HCL Support to Increase for Average Schedule Companies

NECA’s proposed 2022 High-Cost Loop formula for small, average schedule companies will significantly increase settlements for 72 qualifying study areas. In 2021, 71 study areas received $3.875 million in HCL…

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Average Schedule Settlements Reduced, Again

While the deceases are not major, NECA’s proposed 2017 Interim Modification of Average Schedules and 2018 Further Modification of Average Schedules represent a further reduction in settlements for some of…

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Average Schedule Filing: Good News and Bad News

NECA recently filed its annual average schedule modifications which, if approved by the FCC, will be effective for the 12 months beginning July 1, 2018. The good news is that…

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Budget Mechanism Strikes Again

NECA has just filed its proposed 2018 Modification of the Average Schedule Universal Service High Cost Loop Support Formula, which increases interstate USF settlements for some of the nation’s smallest…

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WCB Seeks Comments on Proposed Average Schedule Revisions

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau recently issued a Public Notice establishing a pleading cycle for comments on NECA’s proposed modifications to the interstate average schedule formulas. Comments are due by…

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Average Schedule Revisions Filed

NECA recently filed its annual revisions to the interstate average schedule formulas, to be effective July 1, 2017. The changes, when approved by the FCC, will result in an overall…

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