Lawmaker Berates FCC as Weighing Down Rural Carriers Seeking to Avoid USF Changes

摘要

Lawmakers hammered the FCC over burdens on telecom carriers for tribal communities innseeking waivers from recent USF changes. At a hearing of the House Subcommittee onnIndian Affairs, Chairman Don Young, R-Alaska, was particularly critical of the commission'snhigh-cost order, which he said will eventually kill the carriers that serve rural and tribalnAmerica.