Mass. Seeks Dedicated CAF Support for States
Massachusetts officials urged the FCC to provide dedicated broadband support to states through the Connect America Fund. Massachusetts Broadband Institute Board Chairman Peter Larkin and Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable Commissioner Karen Charles Peterson sent a letter Monday to…
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the FCC (docket 10-90). If the FCC approves New York’s waiver request to use CAF money turned down by Verizon for its state reverse auction, the federal agency should act broadly to support all states that dedicate state funds to broadband expansion, the Massachusetts officials said. “These residents and their communities should not continue to be disadvantaged by a provider’s business decision to reject support when the Commission has deemed specific funding necessary and appropriate to support delivery of baseline broadband service,” they wrote. “The Commission should dedicate to each state funding that matches or exceeds the state-level amounts of CAF model-based support rejected by the price cap carriers in those states.”