America’s Broadband Connectivity Plan transitions the Universal Service Fund to focus exclusively on connecting all Americans to broadband. The plan also modernizes intercarrier compensation rules that govern how communications traffic flowing over multiple networks is billed.
Read the joint letter to the FCC from the companies filing the proposal and these exhibits:
- Attachment 1 – Framework of the Proposal
- Attachment 2 – Summary of Model Results
- Attachment 3 – Model Description
- Attachment 4 – Professor Hausman Consumer Benefits Paper
- Attachment 5 – Legal Authority White Paper
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