Rural Associations Discuss Problems With QRA With FCC

On October 17th, NECA, WTA, NTCA and OPASTCO held a conference call with the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss various interim and longer-term options for addressing concerns with respect to the regression analysis-based caps on universal service fund support. The rural associations expressed concern with application of a model that has not been fully tested, that contains data errors, and for which limited data – especially as to future year impacts – are available or discernible.  The full notice of ex parte can be found here.