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Kentucky PSC Extends Comments on Increasing State USF Payments in Pandemic

The Kentucky Public Service Commission extended until Monday the deadline for wireless Lifeline eligible telecom carriers to respond to a May 11 order seeking comments on temporarily increasing USF compensation in exchange for increased minutes or data during the COVID-19…

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pandemic. Comments were due May 18 but only one ETC responded and others sought extensions, the PSC said Thursday. “The Commission wishes to determine if the current state of emergency has caused Lifeline customers to consume more voice minutes and data than usual, and, if so, whether additional voice minutes and data would provide a public health benefit for the duration of the state of emergency,” said the earlier order.