Rate Floors – A Bad Idea That May Be Ending

As you know, the minimum local rates that small rural ILECs must charge to receive full USF support have been frozen by the FCC at their current $18 per month.…

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FCC Should Fully Fund Broadband Support

Many individual ILECs and their associations have offered formal comments, as well as ex parte presentations, advocating the full funding of high cost broadband support for both A-CAM model participants…

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The Rural ILEC Dilemma

The current and future access revenue of many small, rural ILECs are in serious jeopardy. The FCC is cutting the interstate rate-of-return, phasing it down over 5 years to 9.75%. …

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