Rural Associations File Joint Letter Supporting Industry Consensus and Their Earlier April 2011 Filing at the FCC

Today, WTA, NTCA and OPASTCO filed a joint letter with a group of other telecommunications companies explaining how their plan and the rural associations’ April 2011 plan can work in tandem to create an effective framework for reasonable USF and ICC reform.  This joint letter is the result of many months of work to seek potential compromise and consensus with a group of larger carriers to develop a consensus framework and complimentary set of reforms plans to advance the cause of sustainable universal service throughout rural America.  See full press release for more.