Universal service: more than a 'meal ticket' for CETCs

Universal service: more than a 'meal ticket' for CETCs

In crafting the 1996 Telecommunications Act, Congress mandated that each qualified carrier be designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) for purposes of receiving universal service support. Under the guise of competitive neutrality, competitive ETCs (CETC) get universal service suppo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Rural Telecommunications 2002-07, Vol.21 (4), p.10
1. Verfasser: Bridges, Jessica
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Analysis
Carriers
Communications industry
Competition
Costs
Rural areas
Rural telecommunication
Telecommunications Act 1996-US
Telecommunications services industry
Universal service
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Zusammenfassung:In crafting the 1996 Telecommunications Act, Congress mandated that each qualified carrier be designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) for purposes of receiving universal service support. Under the guise of competitive neutrality, competitive ETCs (CETC) get universal service support equal to the incumbent's, based on the incumbent's costs, without the same obligations as carriers of last resort. And the additional demand for universal service support funds strains a system already laboring under its limited resources.
ISSN:0744-2548