Smith Bagley Supports Carolina West on USF Waiver
Small wireless carrier Smith Bagley urged the FCC to approve a waiver that Carolina West Wireless sought allowing it to receive supplemental high-cost USF support. Carolina West highlights a problem that many small carriers face, Smith Bagley said. “In many…
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sparsely populated areas, new cell towers deliver high-quality voice and data services, both fixed and mobile, to citizens who are among the last in the nation to receive them,” a filing posted this week in docket 09-51 said: “Small wireless carriers like Carolina West are carrying out the task that the FCC, by way of Congress, seeks to complete -- providing rural citizens with advanced voice and data services that are reasonably comparable to those available in urban areas.”