NTCA Discusses Changes to E-ACAM Model
NTCA urged the FCC to tweak the enhanced alternative Connect America cost model (E-ACAM) “in a manner that captures as accurately as possible the effects on costs associated with location changes.” An NTCA representative discussed the program with a Wireline…
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Bureau staffer, said a filing Monday in docket 10-90. NTCA favors applying the threshold for support adjustments in a manner that mitigates volatility in support levels, so providers can deliver “on the obligations of the program consistent with a reasonable understanding of such obligations at the time of program elections despite lingering concerns” and outdated data in the national broadband map, the group said. The FCC should also use its map as a “starting point rather than as a ‘finish line’ for assessments of would-be competitive presence.”