FCC Invites Input on Proposals for Process to Resolve CAF II Auction Location Discrepancies
The FCC sought comment on proposals for a process to resolve location discrepancies in the recent Connect America Fund Phase II auction of subsidies for fixed broadband and voice services. The Wireline Bureau solicited input on "approaches to identify and…
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resolve apparent discrepancies between the number of model-determined funded locations that Phase II auction support recipients are expected to serve (funded locations) and the actual number of locations that support recipients can serve (actual locations)," said a public notice Monday in docket 10-90. Under a 2008 Phase II order, the bureau is to implement a process to evaluate requests by support recipients "who might seek adjustments in defined deployment obligations in exchange for corresponding reductions in support in circumstances where there are not enough actual locations for the provider to serve," the PN said. Comments are due 30 days after Federal Register PN publication, replies 15 days later.