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GAO Says FCC Should Make A-CAM Mandatory For All Rate-Of-Return Carriers As Part Of Antifraud Strategy

GAO Says FCC Should Make A-CAM Mandatory For All Rate-Of-Return Carriers As Part Of Antifraud Strategy

Tony Veach
A-CAM, Broadband, Broadband Deployment, FCC, Rate-of-Return, Rural Broadband, Universal Service, USAC, USF

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has issued a report on its investigation of potential fraud risk in the FCC’s universal service high-cost program that supports rate-of-return carriers. Among other things, the GAO report recommends that the FCC assess the A-CAM support mechanism to determine the extent to which it produces reliable cost estimates and consider making its use mandatory all for rate-of-return carriers.

Kansas Rural Communications Service Provider Epic Touch To Purchase Louisiana Communications Providers

Kansas Rural Communications Service Provider Epic Touch To Purchase Louisiana Communications Providers

Tony Veach
Broadband, A-CAM, Broadband Deployment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Rate-of-Return, Universal Service, USF

Kansas rural communications service provider Epic Touch Co., Inc. has entered into an agreement to purchase CP-TEL Holdings, Inc., the sole direct owner of Louisiana communications service providers Campti-Pleasant Hill Telephone Co., Inc. and CP-TEL Network Services, Inc.

FCC Releases Revised Support Offers For Existing A-CAM Carriers, Sets March 27 Deadline To Accept

FCC Releases Revised Support Offers For Existing A-CAM Carriers, Sets March 27 Deadline To Accept

Tony Veach
A-CAM, Broadband, Broadband Deployment, Fiber, Rate-of-Return, Universal Service, USF

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced  revised offers of Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) support and associated revised deployment obligations for the 262 carriers that have already been authorized to receive A-CAM. These carriers have until March 27, 2019, to notify the FCC whether they accept the revised amount of model-based support.

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