Company Reactions to FCC Vote to Reform Universal Service and Intercarrier Compensation
Oct 27, 2011 Comments Off ABC MediaThe Federal Communications Commission adopted an order on Oct. 27, 2011, to reform the universal service and intercarrier compensation programs. Here are reactions from companies that proposed the America’s Broadband Connectivity Plan, some of which is reflected in the order. ------------------------------------------------ October 27, 2011 AT&T Statement on FCC’s USF/ICC Order Washington, DC –The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today adopted an ...
Continue ReadingFrontier VP Says Bringing Broadband to Remaining Areas is “Daunting” Task
Oct 12, 2011 Comments Off ABC MediaUsing private capital to extend broadband services to areas of the country that still don’t have it is economically “daunting,” Kathleen Abernathy, vice president of Frontier Communications, told the Senate Commerce Committee today. Explaining why her company is one of the six sponsors of the ABC Plan to reform the universal service and intercarrier ...
Continue ReadingABC Plan Helps Consumers
Oct 10, 2011 Comments Off ABC MediaThe consumer benefits that will result from the ABC plan are “significant and real,” according to an ex parte filed today with the Federal Communications Commission. The plan is able to provide these benefits because it links universal service and intercarrier compensation reform together, a common sense approach to reforming these complex, archaic programs that ...
Continue ReadingThe Broadband Benefits of the ABC Plan
Oct 7, 2011 Comments Off Patrick Brogan, USTelecomThe broadband deployment enabled by the ABC plan will generate significant economic and consumer benefits, not only in the near term as networks are built out, but over the long term as well. Below we provide estimates for two measures of the potential benefits of the plan: (1) the impact on jobs and gross domestic ...
Continue ReadingABC Plan Could Mean Big Savings
Oct 5, 2011 Comments Off ABC MediaA study released today by the Phoenix Center shows the Universal Service Fund reforms proposed in the America’s Broadband Connectivity Plan could save consumers $1.4 billion per year on traditional voice services. The figure reflects estimated savings of $14 per consumer if the industry moved away from per-minute access charges but gave carriers the option of ...
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