Rural carriers are raising red flags about what could happen to some of the smallest carriers if the FCC institutes reverse auctions to make USF distribution more efficient. The Rural Cellular Assn. said small carriers are the most at risk from reverse auctions or similarly aggressive revisions. 揑t would not be competitively neutral to force carriers with immature networks to compete against incumbents that have the natural advantage of being fully built out,?RCA said. But other groups and companies said reverse auctions are worthy of further study. AT&T said implementing auctions at least would end the long debate on how to calculate the cost of providing support.
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